P.V.Asha, J.

Petitioners in these cases are challenging the orders of termination of their service from the post of Class-IV employees from the Kerala State Warehousing Corporation (herein after referred to as the Corporation for short). Parties and documents referred to are as described in W.P.(C) No.32655 of 2017, unless otherwise specified.

2. The petitioners were initially appointed on daily wages in the Corporation in the year 2002. While working so, the Board of Directors of the Corporation in its meeting held on 15.3.2006 passed resolution no.2531 to engage 110 daily waged hands like petitioners on contract basis for 6 years. They were accordingly appointed on contract basis for 6 years. While so there was a change in the Board of Directors. Seeing the illegality in the appointments, the new Board of Directors in its meeting held on 13.11.2006 resolved to terminate their services. The orders of termination were challenged before this Court in W.P.(C) No.5183 of 2007. This court by judgment dated 2.4.2007 [produced as Ext.R2(b)] dismissed the writ petition observing that public employment cannot be made on contract appointment on long term basis that too with the inte