JUDGMENT :

Heard Mr. T.T. Tara, learned counsel for the petitioners. Also heard Mr. L. Perme, learned Standing Counsel, Power Department, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, for the respondent nos.2, 3 and 4 and Mr. D. Panging, learned counsel for the respondent nos. 5 to 24.

2. By filing this writ petition, the petitioners have assailed the order dated 24.06.2022 passed by the Commissioner (Power), Government of Arunachal Pradesh, by which the 23 numbers of Junior Engineers (Electrical) have been promoted/regularized to the post of Assistant Engineers (Electrical) including the petitioners, to the extent of promoting/regularising the petitioners from the date of Departmental Promotion Committee (referred to as DPC in short) i.e. 10.06.2022. The petitioners have prayed for a direction to hold a review DPC and to regularize the petitioners in the post of Assistant Engineer (Electrical) with retrospective effect from the date of their officiating promotion/ad-hoc against the clear existed vacancies at par with similarly situated persons in the Department.

3. Brief facts, shorn of unnecessary details, are that the petitioners 17 (seventeen) in numbers were appointed as Junior Engineers in the De