JUDGMENT :

SUDHIR MITTAL, J.

1. This judgment shall decide CWP-20333-2016 and CWP-7011-2018 as identical questions of fact and law are involved therein. For ease of disposal, facts are being extracted from CWP-20333-2016 titled as Gurinder Singh and others Vs. State of Punjab and others.

2. The writ petition has been filed for quashing orders of regularization of the private respondents. In CWP-7011-2018, prayer has also been made for quashing order dated 14.06.2017, whereby, the services of the private respondents were confirmed post-regularization as well as for quashing of tentative seniority list dated 21.02.2018. If, the order of regularization is set aside, the subsequent order of confirmation shall automatically be set aside and thus, the legality and validity of the same is not being considered. It is also to be noted that there is no challenge to the legality of regularization policy dated 18.03.2011.

3. Undisputed facts which have come to light on the basis of the pleadings of the parties are that in the year 2008, CWP-12194-2008 titled as Arvind Thakur Vs. State of Punjab and others was filed for directions to the respondents to fill up the vacant posts of Deputy District At