Michael Zothankhuma, J.

1. Heard Mr. Joseph L. Renthlei, counsel for the petitioner. Also heard Mrs. Linda L. Fambawl, counsel for the State respondents, Mr. J.C. Lalnunsanga for the respondent No. 5 and Mr. C. Lalfakzuala for the respondent Nos. 6 to 28. The petitioner's case in brief is that the petitioner Nos. 1 and 2 were appointed as Assistant Divisional Accountants (ADA) on contract basis on 20.10.2009 and 16.10.09. The private respondent Nos. 6 to 28 on the other hand, were directly recruited as ADA between the year 2012 and 17.03.2015.

2. The services of the petitioners on contract basis were regularized by the State respondents under the "Government of Mizoram Regularization of Contract Employees Scheme, 2008", (herein after referred to as the 2008 Scheme) w.e.f. 28.05.2015 vide Office Order No. 13 of 2015 - 2016 dated 03.06.2015.

3. The petitioners are aggrieved by the final inter-se-seniority list dated 28.03.2017 wherein the petitioners are placed at Serial No. 45 and 47, while the private respondents are placed from Serial No. 1 to 13 and 35 to 44. The petitioners claim that they should be made senior to the private respondents by counting their past contractual