JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petitions are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of Writs of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned order passed by the first respondent herein in proceedings made in Na.Ka.No.1619/13/H1, dated 04.12.2013 and quash the same and consequently direct the first respondent herein to accommodate the petitioners in the existing vacancy of 5 posts by appointing the petitioners in the post of sanitary worker in Arakkonam Municipality, Vellore District.)

Common Order:

The selection for appointment to the post of sanitary worker in the respondent-Municipality issued by the first respondent-Commissioner in proceedings dated 04.12.2013 is sought to be quashed.

2. The petitioners submitted that they are fully qualified for appointment to the post of sanitary worker in the first respondent-Municipality. The names of the petitioners were sponsored by the District Employment Exchange and they have participated in the process of selection. The learned counsel for the petitioners mainly contended that the selection was not made in accordance with the employment seniority of the petitioners and the junior