CAV ORDER

(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.G.PANDIT)

The petitioner-State is before this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, questioning the correctness or otherwise of the orders passed in different applications directing the State Government to grant additional qualifying service under Rule 247A of the Karnataka Civil Service Rules (hereinafter referred to as ‘the KCSRs’, for short), as it stood on the date of respondents' appointment.

2. The moot question involved in these batch of writ petitions is as to whether the respondents herein would be entitled for adding qualifying service under Rule 247A of KCSRs as it stood on the date of their appointment or as it stood on the date of their retirement.

3. The respondents were initially appointed as daily wagers/stipendiary graduates in several departments. At the time of initial appointment of the respondents as daily wagers/stipendiary graduates, all the respondents were aged more than 30 years. Subsequently, their services were regularised and they were absorbed into government service. All the respondents retired from service on attaining the age of superannuation between 1995 and 2012. On retirement, the respondents