JUDGMENT :

RAJESH SHANKAR, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed for quashing the order as contained in memo No. 652 dated 07.10.2020 (Annexure-12 to the writ petition) whereby the respondent No. 4 has declined the claim of the petitioners for regularization of their services in regular establishment. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the concerned respondents to regularize the services of the petitioners in regular establishment with all consequential benefits.

2. The brief facts of the case as stated in the present writ petition is that the Science and Technology Department of then Government of Bihar, Patna vide memo No. 1826 dated 26.09.1996, communicated the Accountant General, Bihar regarding the vacant and sanctioned post under various departments in different Government Polytechnics including Government Women’s Polytechnic, Ranchi. Pursuant to the same, an advertisement was floated and the petitioners being eligible participated in the recruitment process and subsequently they were appointed on contract basis under the respondent-Government Polytechnic, Ranchi in the year 1996/1997 on different posts like Programmer, Programmer Assistant, Lib