JUDGMENT :

N.G. Das, J.—This is an application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India by the petitioner Shri Nirmal Dey and Shri Bimal Kuri for issuance of the a writ directing the respondents to treat all the members of the Tripura Home Guards Organisation as regular employees holding civil post and also to allow all the members of the Tripura Home Guards Organsisation all benefits of services including pay and allowances of Police Officials of equivalent rank from the respective date of service of the individual employee.

2. I have heard Mr. B. Das, the learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Mr. A. Chakraborty, the learned Advocate General appearing on behalf of the respondents.

3. The case of the Petitioner No. 1 is that he entered into the service as a member of the Tripura Home Guards in 1965 with the designation of "Guardsman" which is equivalent to the rank of Police Constable and the duties performed by him since his entry into the service are similar to the duties performed by a police constable. While rendering services as Guardsman the petitioner was promoted to the rank of Naik some time in the year 1967 and thereafter he was prompted to