T.V. NALAWADE, J.

All the petitions are filed for regularization of services of Petitioners, who are working in Central Government Project by name "Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan" (in short "SSA"). The relief of injunction is also claimed to prevent the Respondents from terminating their services. It appears that as against some Petitioners, orders of termination were issued. This Court granted interim relief in favour of Petitioners and due to the interim relief, the Petitioners are still working in SSA.

2. Both the sides are heard.

3. The Petitioners from Writ Petition No.9923 of 2014 (Petitioner Nos.1 to 9) are working as Junior Engineers. Petitioner No.10 is working as Computer Programmer. Some Petitioners from Writ Petition No.1045 of 2015 are working as Senior Account Clerks, as Assistant Programme Officers and as Stenographers. Some Petitioners from Writ Petition No.5851 of 2015 are working as Data Entry Operator, MIS Coordinator, Computer Programmer and one Petitioner is working as the Executive Engineer. Some Petitioners from Writ Petition No.11862 of 2015 are working as District Coordinator, Assistant Program Officers, Driver etc. Thus, the posts involved in the proceedings are of aforesaid different nature. The Petitioners are working in Beed, Latur, Parbhani, Aurangabad, Osmanabad and Hingoli districts in SSA project. Their initial dates of appointments are different but all of them were given appointments on contract basis on consolidated pay. After completion of first contract period, the Petitioners were again engaged on contract basis on the same posts and in all the cases, the consolidated pay was increased from time to time. Very few of the Petitioners had completed the service of aforesaid nature of more than 10 years on the dates of petitions and most of the other Petitioners had recently received appointment orders prior to coming to this Court and those particulars are being given at proper place.

4. Before considering the rival contentions, it is desirable to mention the schemes, projects of Central Government, which were started and which are still there. The projects were started for universalization of the primary education. The first project was started in the year 1994 and it was called as District Primary Education Project (for short "DPEP"). In accordance with the project of Central Government, the State Government issued first Government Resolution dated 7th May, 1994 through the School Education Department. This project was a pilot project and it was to be implemented in few districts of very State where the literacy rate of females was below the national average rate. Following were the aims of the project:

(a) To admit all boys and girls below 16 years of age in primary schools;

(b) To impart education to such children by formal and informal methods and to see that they complete primary education; and

(c) To take special steps for spreading literacy in the form of primary education in females, the persons of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and adults of weaker sections of society.

The Government Resolution of 7th May, 1994 shows that for implementation of aforesaid project, the State Government had created one autonomous body, which was to work at State level, District level and Village level. This autonomous body was given name "Maharashtra Prathamik Shikshan Parishad" (in short "MPSP"). This body was registered as society. This project was to get assistance of the World Bank and the body was created and registered even prior to the date of Government Resolution.

5. Under the aforesaid Government Resolution, in the first phase, five districts of this State like Aurangabad, Latur, Nanded, Osmanabad and Parbhani were selected. After 1994, Parbhani district was bifurcated and one more district viz. Hingoli district was created and the scheme was applied to that district also. In one petition,