( 1 ) IN this application under Order I Rule 10, Order 6 Rule 17 and Section 151 of the Civil Procedure Code, 1908 the petitioners seek an amendment of the writ petition, which has been vehemently opposed by counsel for respondents.

( 2 ) THE short relevant facts which have necessitated this application for amendment are that one of the reliefs prayed for by the petitioners in this writ petition was that they were appointed as General Duty Officers Grade-11 somewhere in 1978 and since they worked continuously in that job, they should have been regularised w. e. f. the dates they were appointed as General Duty Officers Grade-11. It appears that during the pendency of the writ petition, partial relief has been allowed by the department and the petitioners have been regularised by the respondent-Corporation on the recommendations of the Union Public Service Commission with effect from 27. 12. 1980. The petitioners now claim that consequent on the regularisation w. e. f. 27. 12. 1980 their seniority should also reckon from the aforementioned date.

( 3 ) ACCORDING to the petitioners, nevertheless the respondents have issued a seniority list, annexure J, vide which they have bee