JUDGMENT :

S.N. Prasad, J.

In all these writ petitions since common issue involved, as such they are being disposed of by this common order.

2. Before going into the merit of the case it would be relevant to state herein that these matters are being heard afresh in the light of the order passed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.2104 of 2004 dtd.16th February, 2010 wherein the order passed in O.J.C No.2489 of 1993 dtd.9th February, 2000 by this Court has been quashed with a direction to this court for considering the writ petition on its own merit in accordance with law and in the light of the observation made in the order.

3. The writ petition has originally been filed praying therein for issuance of direction upon the opposite parties to treat the petitioners at par with any other employee of the Coal India Ltd. in the same way as the employee of the Fertilizer Higher Secondary School at Vikrampur, Talcher.

A Division Bench of this court, as per its roster, as it was then prevailing, has disposed of the writ petition vide order dtd.9.2.2000 whereby and where under, putting reliance upon the order passed by Hon’ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.7089 of 1999 decided on