The petitioners, before this Court, are Assistant Teachers (L.T. Grade), who are presently teaching in Government Higher Secondary Schools in the State of Uttarakhand. The controversy, which they have raised before this Court, in short, is that their claim before the Education Authorities for calculating their seniority from an earlier date has been rejected. Hence, the present writ petition.

2. All the petitioners before this Court were appointed in the year 2009 as Assistant Teacher (L.T. Grade) by way of “adjustment” i.e. from their parent cadre in “Elementary Schools” to Higher Secondary Schools. The petitioners were initially appointed as Assistant Teacher in Government Primary Schools and, thereafter, some of them were promoted as Head Master in Government Primary Schools and others were promoted as Assistant Teachers in Senior Elementary Schools (Class VI to VIII), which is known as “Junior High School”. At the relevant point of time i.e. in the year 2009, their services were adjusted as Assistant Teacher (L.T. Grade) in Government Secondary Schools, in the year 2009. The common factor in the case of all the petitioners is that they were either teacher in Governme