By the Court.—We have heard Sri Vivek Shadilya, Additional Chief Standing Counsel on behalf of the State and Sri Gajendra Pratap Singh, Advocate assisted by Sri Gautam Baghel, Advocate on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 to 7 in the present appeal.

2. This Intra-Court Appeal has been filed by the State of Uttar Pradesh against the judgment and order of the learned Single Judge dated 25.4.2013 passed in writ petition No. 53510 of 2008.

3. Facts in short relevant for deciding the present appeal are as under :

Writ petitioners-respondents before this Court were appointed as Collection Amin in the Revenue Department of State of Uttar Pradesh. The petitioners were admittedly sent on deputation for working as Collection Amin in the Trade Tax Department of the State of U.P.

4. The exact date on which each of the petitioner was sent on deputation has specifically been taken note of in the order of the learned Single Judge and it is between December, 1976 to August 1991. While the petitioners were still on deputation in Trade Tax Department of the State of Uttar Pradesh. The State