JUDGMENT :

Alok Kumar Verma, J.

Whether the settled final seniority list of the employees can be re-examined and re-settled in the manner, as it was done by the writ petitioners. This is the question of law in these writ petitions.

2. The Writ Petition No.386 of 2019 (S/B) is filed seeking a writ of certiorari to set aside the Judgment and Order dated 29.03.2019 passed by the learned Public Services Tribunal, Uttarakhand at Dehradun in the Claim Petition No.80/DB/ 2018 Gauri Shankar Joshi vs. State of Uttarakhand and others.

3. The Writ Petition No.387 of 2019 (S/B) is filed seeking a writ of certiorari to set aside the Judgment and Order dated 29.03.2019 passed by the learned Public Services Tribunal, Uttarakhand at Dehradun in the Claim Petition No.81/DB/ 2018 Smt. Kalawati Martolia vs. State of Uttarakhand and others.

4. Both the claim petitions were decided by the learned Public Services Tribunal by a common judgment, taking the Claim Petition No.81/DB/2018 as leading case.

5. Facts, to the limited extent necessary, are that the respondents-claim petitioners were appointed through a due selection process in the State of Uttar Pradesh on Class IV posts in the year 1995 and 1996 respec