ORDER

1. 1. By this common order, W.P. No.6340/2017 (State Bank of India v. Anandilal Dabkara) W.P. No.6331/2017 (State Bank of India v. Vijay Bahadur Sodha), W.P. No.6333/2017 (State Bank of India v. Mukesh Kumar Sharma) and W.P. No.6335/2017 (State Bank of India v. Saubhagyamal Paudwal) shall be decided.

2. The undisputed fact is that the respondent, namely; Anandilal Dabkara (in W.P. No.6340/2017), Vijay Bahadur Sodha (in W.P. No.6331/2017) Mukesh Kumar Sharma (in W.P. No.6333/2017) and Saubhagyamal Paudwal (in W.P. No.6335/2017) have worked for 78 days, 83 days, 81 days and 80 days respectively.

3. For the sake of convenience, the facts of W.P. No.6340/2017 shall be taken up.

4. It is the case of the respondent that he had worked at Ratlam Branch of SBI temporarily on daily wages basis for a period of 78 days from 29.3.1985 to 16.6.1985. Pursuant to a bi-partite settlement entered into between the management of the Bank and the workmen federation, it was agreed upon between the parties to give an opportunity of permanent appointment on available vacancies to the persons working on daily wages basis in the Bank. The respondent was also called for interview and was placed in the p