JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to regularise the service of the petitioners with retrospective effect from the date of their initial appointment made vide G.O.Ms.No.85 dated 04.07.2003 and grant all other service benefits to the petitioners by taking into consideration of the service rendered by the petitioners to the Government pursuant to the petitioners representation dated 13.02.2017.)

1. The present Writ Petition has been filed for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to regularise the service of the petitioners with retrospective effect from the date of their initial appointment made vide G.O.Ms.No.85 dated 04.07.2003 and grant all other service benefits to the petitioners by taking into consideration of the service rendered by the petitioners to the Government pursuant to the petitioners representation dated 13.02.2017.

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows:-

(i) On 01.07.2003, the Government servants working in the Secretariat as well as in the District Administration proceeded to strike protesting various decisions taken by