Kurian Joseph, C.J.

1. Petitioners in all these cases are aggrieved basically since they are not granted increments during the period of their tenure/contract service. According to the Petitioners, all of them have been recruited through the permitted process of recruitment however, at the time of appointment they have been appointed on tenure/contract basis. It is contended by the Petitioners that the temporary capacity was followed by regular appointment and hence they are entitled to get the period of tenure/contract service rendered by them counted for the purpose of increments and pension.

2. The learned Advocate General submits that the Petitioners have been appointed in terms of the policy of the State Government from time to time. The Petitioners are bound by the terms of appointment. The Petitioners, in any case, as far as contractual appointments are concerned have executed specific agreements and parties are bound by the terms of the agreement and nothing more. It is also contended that the Petitioners have not been appointed through the regular process of recruitment either by the Public Service Commission or by the Subordinate Services Selection Board and for tha