JUDGMENT

(Common Prayer:-Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Ceritorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned order passed by the first respondent in his proceedings in Memo.No.Estt-II/T/2021 dated 25.11.2021 and quash the same as illegal and consequentially to direct the respondents to allow the amount pay as fixed on the appointment as Assistant Professor within the period that may be stipulated by this Court.)

Common Order:

The writs on hand have been instituted questioning the validity of re-fixation and recovery made against the petitioners in proceedings dated 25.11.2021.

2. The petitioners are working as Assistant Professors in the Department of Geography School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences and the Department of Zoology, Directorate of Distance Education, Madurai Kamaraj University.

3. It is not in dispute that the petitioners were initially appointed as Technician on 14.02.1991 and 13.01.992 in the respondent University on regular basis on time scale of pay and the post of Technician was redesignated as Technical Officer. The petitioners were awarded with selection grade in the post of Techni