JUDGMENT :

C. KUMARAPPAN, J.

Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent praying to set aside the order dated 03.09.2020 passed in W.P. No. 10846 of 2013 and allow this writ appeal.

1. The appellants, who are the respondents before the Writ Court, assailed the order passed in W.P. No. 10846 of 2013 dated 03.09.2020 filed by the respondents in the present writ appeal. After the demise of the writ petitioner Narayanaswamy, his legal heirs were arrayed as petitioners 2 to 5 before the Writ Court and they are the respondents in the present Writ Appeal.

2. For the sake of convenience, the parties will be referred to according to their litigative status before the writ Court.

3. The short facts, which are necessary for adjudicating the instant writ appeal is that, the petitioner was appointed as a Driver on 25.10.1971 in the erstwhile State Transport Corporation. His service was regularized on 25.11.1972. Subsequently, on formation of various Transport Corporation, the petitioner was transferred and absorbed in the newly formed M/s. Pattukottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation on 01.05.1975. While so, in the year 1990, he opted to avail Voluntary Retirement Scheme implemented by