1. Heard Mr. Sidhartha Singh, Advocate with Mr. Kuldeep Rawal, Advocate for the petitioners, Mr. Shobhit Saharia, Advocate for the respondent nos.1 & 2, Mr. Lok Pal Singh, Advocate with Mr. Tapan Singh, Advocate for the respondent no.5, Mr. Mohd. Umar, Advocate for the respondent no.7, Mrs. Anjali Bhargava, Advocate for the respondent nos.3, 4 & 6 and Mr. Subhash Upadhyaya, Standing Counsel present for the State of Uttarakhand.

2. The petitioners before this Court are all Class III employees with the Haridwar Judgeship. Some of them were initially appointed on Class IV posts and subsequently promoted to Class III posts. The remaining petitioners were appointed as Class III employees and continued to exist as such. They have challenged the placement of private respondents, who are also Class III employees in Haridwar Judgeship, above them on the ground that the private respondents were not initially appointed in Haridwar Judgeship, but their initial appointments were made in other different judgeships in Uttarakhand, such as, Bageshwar, Nainital & Dehradun, and they w