( 1 ) CONFLICT of interest between direct recruits and deputntionists from the Government working in the Gujarat State Civil Supplies Corporation Ltd. ( Corporation for short) respondent No. 1 herein has led to the filing of these petitions. The main questions which are raised on behalf of the direct recruits are: (1) all deputationists should be repatriated to their parent departments (2) seniority and promotion should only be given to the direct recruits and in the alternatives (3) the deputationists should be given seniority only from the date of their absorption in the Corporation. Deputationists from the Government on the other hand have prayed for direction against the Corporation to pass appropriate orders for their absorption in the Corporation. Since common questions arise for my determination in these petitions they are disposed of by this common judgment.

( 2 ) FACTS giving rise to these petitions briefly stated are as under: food and Civil Supplies Department of the Government of Gujarat Directorate of Civil Supplies Directorate of Civil Supplies (Accounts) and Directorate of Food were entrusted with the task of regulating and controlling the supply of f