This petition has been filed for seeking the following relief:

(i) issuance of an appropriate writ/ order/direction or a writ in nature of mandamus commanding upon the respondents to immediately and forthwith for placing the petitioners' seniority in the appropriate place considering their appointment of 1993, as the petitioners as well as others have been reappointed in term of the decision of the Government and also in term of the rule as well as guidelines, the seniority has to be counted from the date of appointment, but the case of the petitioners have• been ignored and they have been place at Sl. Nos. 87, 81 and 80 respectively;

(ii) and/or for further issuance of an appropriate writ, order, direction as your Lordships may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case and in the interest of justice.

2. In nutshell the petitioners are claiming their seniority and continuation of their services from the date when their services have been dispensed with i.e. from 9.2.1998. The petitioners had been appointed as Dalpaties and thereafter their services were dispensed with. The Government, vide order dated 14.11.2004, reappointed the Dalpaties whose services has a