JUDGEMENT

Rajnesh Oswal, J.

1. These intra-court appeals arise out of the common judgment dated 04.05.2018 passed by the learned Single Judge, whereby the writ petitions filed by the appellants were disposed of. The three writ petitions, out of which two were filed subsequently after the decision of the learned Single Judge, have also been clubbed with these intra-court appeals. The issues involved in all these letters patent appeals as also the writ petitions are identical in nature and as such, they were heard together and therefore, are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The judgment passed by the learned Single Judge dated 04.05.2018 has been impugned by the appellants on the ground inter alia that the learned Single Judge has not properly appreciated the controversy, as though the appellants were appointed on academic arrangement basis in terms of SRO 384 of 2009 dated 14.12.2009, yet the nature of the appointment is not different from Consolidated or Contract workers, which makes them eligible to seek regularization against the posts held by them. The expression "academic engagement", is not applicable in the case of appellants as neither the appellants work on sessio