ORAL ORDER

1. The present petition has been filed, inter alia, for the following reliefs:

“29.(b) Your Lordships be pleased to issue a writ of or in the nature of Mandamus and/or Certiorari and/or appropriate writ, order or direction to hold the action of the Respondent authorities not to reappoint them since the expiry of the contract of service on 31-03-2017 as illegal and quash and set aside the termination of the petitioners by the Respondent authorities with effect from as per the letters kept at Annexure-C collectively and direct the authorities to reappoint them at their respective posts of Technical Resources Person which they have been holding continuously since their initial appointment as shown in the Annexure A.

(c) Your Lordships be pleased to direct the Respondent authorities to re-appoint the petitioners forthwith and restore the petitioners to the services they were holding up to 31-03-2017 and direct the authorities not to terminate the service of the petitioners in their respective posts of Engineer, Technical Resource Person (TRP) on contractual basis without giving any artificial brake till the regularly selected candidates are made available.”

2. As the prayers ma