JUDGMENT :

Vijay Bishnoi, C.J.

This writ petition is filed by the petitioners being aggrieved with the order dated 21.09.2017 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Guwahati Bench, Guwahati, (hereinafter to the referred as the “Tribunal”) in Original Application No.328/2015, whereby the Original Application filed on behalf of the petitioners and some other similarly situated persons, has been dismissed. However, the Tribunal has observed that it is open for the official respondents to consider accommodating the petitioners against the vacant posts of Junior Telecom Officer (JTOs), if any, in the Assam Telecom Service Circle, in view of the fact that they have already served as JTOs for over nine years.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioners were initially appointed as Telecom Operating Assistant (in short, “TOA”) during the year 1982 to 1993 in the Department of Telecom. Subsequently, the petitioners were promoted to the post of Senior Telecom Operating Assistant (in short, “Sr.TOA”).

Pursuant to the selections took place in the year 2003, the petitioners were promoted to the post of Junior Telecom Officer (in short, “JTO”) while granting relaxation again