JUDGMENT :

Marli Vankung, J.

Heard Mr. Lalremtluanga, learned counsel for the petitioners along with Mrs. Mary L. Khiangte, learned Government Advocate for the State respondents.

2. The instant writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution is for the issuance of the appropriate writ against the respondents and for setting aside the impugned orders dated 27.08 2004, 10.09.2004 and 18.11.2021, on the grounds that the past services of the petitioners, who were initially appointed as Constables in the Mizoram Armed Police during the period 1991 to 1997, were not considered at the time of consideration of their seniority, but that, their services were counted only from or after their transfer to Mizoram Unarmed Police in the year 2004. The case of the petitioner is that the respondents cannot ignore the past services of the petitioners while calculating their seniority and hence this writ petition.

3. Brief facts of the case is that the petitioners were appointed to the post of Constable Mizoram Armed Police, Indian Reserved Police between 1991 to 1996, where the concerned Commandant, Mizoram Armed Police, 1st, 2nd Battalion and the respondent No. 5 was the Competent Appointing