JUDGMENT :

Sanjib Banerjee, J.

Prayer: Appeals filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order made in W.P.No.46697 of 2006 dated 26.04.2010.

1. The two appeals arise out of a common order of April 26, 2010 by which a writ petition filed by a group of government employees has been allowed and the retrospective operation of a government notification of March 27, 1998 has been quashed in so far as it adversely affected the writ petitioners. One of the appeals is by persons who were not impleaded in the writ petition, though their rights have been substantially affected by the order impugned. These private appellants' future prospects are prejudiced by the impugned order and even the promotions earned by them years back rendered liable to be taken away thereby.

2. The matter pertains to Typists who had switched over from the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service to the Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service. Of the 50 writ petitioners, at least 24 joined the secretariat service prior to August 19, 1993. The remainder joined on or after October 29, 1993. The date August 19, 1993 is important in the present context since the government notification that was questioned in the writ petition wa