(Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for the issuance of writ of certiorari calling for the records pertaining to O.A.No.1039/2001 on the file of the 27th respondent Tribunal and to quash the order dated 25.7.2002 passed by the Tribunal in O.A.No.1039 of 2001.)

P.K. Misra, J.

The present writ petition is filed by Union of India, the Commandant, Defence Services Staff College and the Mess Secretary, Officers Mess Defence Services Staff College, Wellington Branch, Nilgiris, against the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal in O.A.No.1039 of 2001.

2. The aforesaid Original Application has been filed by the present contesting respondents 1 to 26. The prayer in the said Original Application filed before the Tribunal was for quashing the letter dated 29.5.2001 to the effect that the request of the present respondents 1 to 26 for grant of temporary status and regularisation of their services was not acceptable. The Tribunal quashed the letter dated 29.5.2001 and directed the present writ petitioners,

“...to consider the case of the applicants for grant of temporary status and the consequent regularisation. In case it is required to formulat