JUDGMENT :

Dr. D.P.Choudhury, J.

Since the petitioners, in all these writ petitions, have assailed the inaction of the opposite parties in not releasing their arrear salary, the same are being taken up together and disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The factual matrix leading to the case of the petitioners is as follows:

(A) The case of the petitioner in W.P.(C) No.13158 of 2013 is that he was appointed as 4th Peon in Ramachandra Bidyapitha, Garasang, in the district of Balasore on 29.08.1987 and joined in said post on 02.09.1987 while the strength of that school was more than 100 and said school became eligible to receive grant-in-aid with effect from 01.06.1994. After grant-in-aid was made applicable, the school sent the recommendation to the Inspector of Schools for approval of petitioner’s post against 4th Peon but the Inspector of Schools did not approve the petitioner’s post as 4th Peon for which he approached this Court vide O.J.C. No.2179 of 1997 and pursuant to the order dated 6.3.1997, the Inspector of Schools, Balasore vide order dated 02.08.1997 approved the serv