JUDGMENT :

Vaibhavi D. Nanavati, J.

1. This appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent is at the instance of the original writ applicant and is directed against the order passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court dated 13.10.2017 in the Special Civil Application No.17982 of 2016 by which the learned Single Judge declined to entertain the writ application and rejected the same.

2. The facts giving rise to this appeal may be summarised as under :-

2.1 The appellant (original writ applicant) is a body corporate established under the provisions of Section 3 of the Gujarat Agricultural Universities Act, 2004 enacted by the State of Gujarat. It is fully a aided educational institution engaged in the educational activities and imparting education in agriculture and allied sciences and humanities in the State of Gujarat. The appellant appointed the respondents No.1 and 2 as daily rated field labourers on 31.3.1996 and 1.10.1996 respectively on purely temporary and ad hoc basis on the payment of minimum wages as fixed by the State Government under the Minimum Wages Act. The respondent had undertaken that they would not claim any right on the post.

2.2a The respondents instituted industria