ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. Aditya Gupta, learned advocate for the petitioners and Mr. M.K. Vakharia, learned advocate for the respondent.

2. All these petitions have been filed by ad-hoc employees of the Gujarat Vidyapith. Facts of Special Civil Application No. 2274 of 2019 are taken into consideration as, it is undisputed that in all these petitions, the petitioners-employees were engaged on contractual basis for over a period of six to seven years on different posts under the Gujarat Vidyapith. The petitioner of Special Civil Application No. 2274 of 2019 applied for the posts of Lower Division Clerk on the basis of an advertisement issued by the respondent on 04.10.2011 after clearing a written examination and the interview, appointed on adhoc basis from 01.11.2011 to 31.12.2012. The tenure of the contract was extended from time to time till the last extension which ended on 31.12.2019.

3. Mr. Aditya Gupta, learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that having been appointed through a regular selection process after an advertisement and interview, the petitioners’ appointment cannot be treated as illegal. At best it can be irregular and having worked for over a period of six to seve