JUDGMENT

Common Judgment:

K. Govindarajan Thilakavadi, J.,

1.Challenge in these Intra Court Appeals is to the common order of the Writ Court made in WP Nos. 5447 and 5448 of 2017 dated 16.06.2017, in and by which, the Writ Court had allowed the Writ Petitions filed by the respondents thereby issuing a Mandamus directing the respondents to include the name of the petitioners in the Writ Petitions in the seniority list for promotion as Deputy Block Development Officers without insisting upon one year experience in the post of Rural Welfare Officer, Grade I and grant promotion with effect from 01.03.2016.

2. The respondents herein approached the Writ Court with a grievance that their being unable to complete one year term as Rural Welfare Officer, Grade I was not because of their fault and it was because of the delay caused by the appellants herein in regularising their services and sending them for Bhavanisagar Training. Both the respondents were appointed as Junior Assistants on compassionate grounds on 16.02.2007. However, their services were regularised only on 31.12.2012 (B.Sankar) and 18.12.2012 (K.Socrates), of course with retrospective effect from the date of their initial appoint