Balakrishnan Nair J.

The petitioners approached this court challenging Ext.P5 order of the Government allowing the representations of some inter-district transferees and granting them seniority over the petitioners and other similarly placed Police Constables and Ext.P7 order passed by the Director General of Police granting identical reliefs. Initially this court granted interim stay of those orders. Later, after hearing both sides this court vacated the interim order by order dated 6-9-2007. The said order reads as follows:-

“The petitioners in this Writ Petition challenge Ext.P5 order of the Government and also the order of the Director General of Police, Ext.P7. They are presently working in the District Armed Reserve, Idukki. Initially, they were recruited to the Kerala Armed Police Battalion V. They were transferred to the District Armed Reserve, Idukki, according to their turn. Before they joined the District Armed Reserve, respondents 4 and 5 were transferred from the District Armed Reserve, Ernakulam to the District Armed Reserve, Idukki on 29.09.2001, on inter-district transfer basis as juniors to the juniormost in Idukki. Those respondents are entitled to coun