JUDGMENT :

Sanjeev Kumar, J.

1. These four writ petitions, three by the persons who are serving in the Department of Public Works (Roads and Building) as Assistant Engineers and one by the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, are directed against an order and judgment dated 15th May, 2024, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Srinagar [“the Tribunal”] in TA No. 1086/2020, TA No. 2994/2021 and TA No. 2996/2021, whereby the Tribunal has quashed the Government order bearing No. 243-PW (R&B) of 2020 dated 28th August, 2020, impugned before it and directed the official respondents therein to regularize the services of the Respondent-Vijay Kumar as Assistant Engineer (Civil) Degree Holder on the basis of Government Order No. 216-PW (R&B) dated 5th June, 2014.

2. The Tribunal has issued further directions to give place to the Respondent-Vijay Kumar in the final seniority list as Assistant Engineer (Civil) Degree Holder issued vide Government order No. 460-PW (R&B) of 2019 dated 22nd October, 2019. There are other consequential directions issued by the Tribunal.

3. The impugned order is assailed by the petitioners primarily on the ground that the Tribunal has failed to appreciate th