JUDGEMENT

ANOOP KUMAR MENDIRATTA, J

1. Petitioners invoke the writ jurisdiction under Article 226 and Article 227 of the Constitution of India for quashing of order dated December 08, 2021 passed in OA No.2781/2021 by the Central Administrative Tribunal (in short „the Tribunal‟), whereby the petition seeking following reliefs was dismissed:-

“a. Quash the order/clarification/directive dated 25.06.2021 and 13.07.2021 amending/interpreting the definition of employment/re-employment to include engagement on contractual/consultant basis and amending CPSE to include CPSE/government in clause 8(iii) of VRS 2019 as non est, arbitrary, unlawful and hence void ab initio ; and/or b. To declare that the applicants were entitled to join -

CPSE/government on consultancy/contractual basis as the same is not violation of clause 8 (iii) of VRS 2019 and such CPSEs/government must ignore the order/clarification/directive dated 25.06.2021 and 13.07.2021 while considering the application of engagement; and/or c. Direct the respondents to inform the CPSE/government departments to consider the candidature of the applicants at par with other retirees; and/or d. Direct the res