Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J.

The Writ Petitioners before us, who are working as Steno-typist Grade-III in various courts in Kanyakumari District, sought for a writ for quashing the proceedings dated 16.02.2016, issued on the Administrative side by this Court.

2. The case of the writ petitioners is that they were working as Steno-typist Grade-III in the Judicial Ministerial Service of Kanyakumari District. Sometime during July 2013, the learned District and Sessions Judge of Kanyakumari District at Nagercoil, appears to have instructed the Steno-typists Grade-III standing at Serial Nos. 1 to 14 in the seniority list, to give their consent for working as Steno-typist Grade II in the District Court or otherwise to submit a letter of relinquishment. Accordingly, it appears, 13 of those Steno-typists Grade-III, excepting the second petitioner herein, appear to have tendered their letters of relinquishment of promotion to Steno-typist Grade II, on 30.07.2013. The second petitioner appears to have given a similar relinquishment letter on 07.08.2013. However, the learned District and Sessions Judge passed an order on 05.08.2013 accepting the relinquishment of the rights of the petitioners