ORDER

Per Hon’ble Mr. Rajinder Singh Dogra, J.M.

The applicants have filed the present application jointly because all the applicants are similarly situated and similarly circumstanced and apart from that, the facts are also identical and the grounds available to all the applicants are common and identical. Moreover, the relief prayed for by all the applicants are also common and identical.

2. The applicants have filed the present OA being aggrieved of the illegal promotion of respondents No. 5 to 9 to the post of Forest Guard made vide order dated 13.11.2020 and the final seniority list of 20190 of Class IV posts of Udhampur district issued by respondent No.4. The applicants have prayed for the following relief :

1. To quash the promotion of respondents 6 to 9 to the post of Forest Guard in the pay scale of 19900-63200 w.e.f 22.10.2020 made vide Forest Order No. 47 of 2020 dated 13.11.2020, by issuances of writ of Certiorari;

2. To quash the final seniority list of Class IV officials of Udhampur District issued vide Notification dated 04.09.2019, whereby, the seniority of Class IV employees regularized under SRO 64 on supernumerary posts (Helpers) including the applicants has been fix