I. M. QUDDUSI, J.

( 1 ) ALL these writ petitions having involved common questions of fact and points of law were analogously heard and are being disposed of by this judgment.

( 2 ) THE judgment and order dated 22. 11. 2002 passed by the Orissa Administrative Tribunal, Bhubaneswar in O. As. Nos. 83/2001 and 286/2001 filed by the applicants, namely, Benudhar Das, Rajkishore Chaudhury and Mrutyunjay Tripathy is assailed in these writ petitions. The last two writ petitions i. e. W. P. (C) Nos. 6780 and 6781 of 2003 have been filed by the State and rest four writ petitions i. e. W. P. (C) Nos. 571,713,1623 and 2090 of 2003 have been filed by the persons aggrieved by the impugned order of the Tribunal. The Tribunal while allowing the O. As. directed the State of Orissa to issue revised orders antedating the applicants' promotion to O. A. S. supertime posts rank to the date when respondents 3 to 10 (before the Tribunal) were promoted and to maintain their inter se seniority according to the placements assigned to them in the select list prepared by the Selection Board. However, it has been directed by the Tribunal that the applicants before it would not be entitled to any differential p