VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J.

1. By this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the two petitioners seek the relief of quashing of the seniority list dated 11.9.2000 for the post of Technical Assistants in the Communication Division of the respondent no.2/IGNOU/employer, wherein the respondent no. 4 has been shown as senior to the petitioners.

2. Petitioners were appointed to the post of Technicians in the Communication Division of the respondent no. 2 with effect from 11.6.1993 and 25.6.1993, respectively. Respondent no. 4 was, however, appointed earlier on 3.1.1992. Respondent no. 4 was appointed as a Technician for working under the Computer Division of the respondent no. 2.

3. Petitioners claim that in the seniority list dated 11.9.2000 the respondent no. 4 has been wrongly placed as senior to the petitioners and therefore the seniority list be quashed. Petitioners contend that they are appointed in Communication Division which is a separate cadre than the Computer Division in which the respondent no. 4 has been appointed and which is a separate cadre.

4. The present writ petition is liable to be dismissed on two counts. The first reason is that the petition