P. VENKATARAMA REDDI, J.

( 1 ) THE four petitioners herein who initially held the posts in Andhra Pradesh Judicial Ministerial Service and having requisite qualifications were promoted as Judicial Second Class Magistrates (for short JSCMs ) on temporary and ad hoc basis without any right to future re-appointment and seniority, during the years 1979 and 1980. Within a year or two thereafter, the petitioners were further promoted as District Munsifs again on temporary and ad hoc basis. To be more specific, such promotions were given on 11-01-1980 in the case of Petitioners 1 and 2, on 8-9-1982 in the case of 3rd petitioner and on 30-9-1982 in the case of 4th petitioner. Since then, Petitioners 2 and 4 worked continuously as District Munsifs till they retired from service during the pendency of the writ petition and Petitioners 1 and 3 have been continuing as District Munsifs till today. The present writ petition is filed seeking a declaration that the action of the respondents in treating the petitioners as temporary District Munsifs is arbitrary and illegal and for a consequential direction to regularise their services with retrospective effect i. e. , from the date of temporary a

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