(Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the third respondent in Letter No.27431/Cts.IV/2004-2005 dated 8.4.2005, quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to count the past services of the staff members of the Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority and its constituent units prior to 1.11.1997 rendered to the erstwhile Tamil Nadu State Legal Aid and Advice Board for the purposes of pension and other terminal benefits.)

1.00. The Tamil Nadu State Legal Services Authority was constituted through G.O.Ms.No.1577 Home (Courts-IV) Department, dated 29.10.1997 and the existing staff working with the Tamil Nadu Legal Aid and Advice Board, which was established under G.O.Ms.No.3048 (Home) were absorbed on the same scales of pay with effect from 1.11.1977 in the State Legal Services Authority so also in the District Legal Services Authority and Taluk Legal Services Committees. It is an admitted fact.

2.00. The petitioners are the employees of the said Authority and the prayer of the petitioners is to count their past services in the board. When their p