Shaji P. Chaly, J.

These original petitions were filed by the applicants against the order dated 28.01.2014 of the Kerala Administrative Tribunal (for short, 'the Tribunal') in T.A.No.5964 of 2012 and T.A.No.631 of 2013. Both the Applications were disposed of by the Tribunal by a common order. Since the subject matter of both the original petitions are similar, we also propose to dispose of the same by a common judgment. By the common order, learned Tribunal dismissed the reliefs sought for by the petitioners to quash Exts.P5 and P6 in T.A.No.5964 of 2012 and consider the claim of the petitioner in T.A.No.631 of 2013 and held that they are not entitled to get seniority re-fixed from the date of advice as Last Grade Servants.

2. Brief common facts for disposal of the petitions are as follows:

Petitioners were advised by the District Office of the Kerala Public Service Commission (P.S.C.), Ernakulam as Last Grade Servants and they were ordered to join duty in headquarters vacancies on various dates. Later, the petitioners applied for inter-district transfer and they were allowed and accordingly petitioners joined duty in Ernakulam District on various dates. Thereafter, the peti