JUDGMENT :

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Ms.Surbhi Bhati, learned Assistant Government Pleader, waives service of rule on behalf of the State – respondents.

2. Mr.Vyom Shah, learned advocate for the petitioners, relies on a decision rendered by this Court in Special Civil Application No. 16299 of 2018 and allied matters dated 08.03.2022.

3. By way of this petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners who were initially appointed as Forest Guards on fixed wage basis and got the benefit of inter district transfer post their period of regular service after five years, seek to challenge the resolutions dated 18.01.2017 and 20.01.2018.

4. The petitioners were appointed as Van Rakshaks in the years 2008 on a fixed pay for a period of five years. For the purpose of considering the issue, chronology of dates of service of petitioner no.1 are considered. He was appointed on 18.03.2008 for a period of five years. On completion of five years of service, the petitioner was regularized in service vide an order dated 21.03.2013. A request of transfer was made on he being regularized and by an order dated 15.01.2014, the petitioner was transferred from Valsad to range Dees