ORAL ORDER

(PER: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.NAGAPRASANNA)

1. Heard Sri.Raja Raghavendra Naik, learned counsel for the petitioner and Smt.Kirthilata R. Patil, learned HCGP for respondent-State.

2. The petitioners in all these cases are identical to those who had earlier approached this Court in Writ Petition No.105996/2016 and connected matters. This Court, while considering the services rendered by persons possessing job-oriented diploma qualifications and seeking absorption from a retrospective date, i.e., the date of their initial appointment, had negatived such a claim. However, the Court had directed the State to consider their cases for grant of pension, taking into account that the particular cadre was already dwindling in number.

3. The present petitioners are similarly situated as those in the earlier batch of petitions. Therefore, it is necessary for the State to consider the cases of these petitioners as well, if such consideration has already ensued pursuant to the order passed by this Court on 20.12.2023. This Court, in the aforesaid judgment, has held as follows:

“ 2. The facts in brief are as follows: The petitioner was appointed as a part time worker/teacher in Tailoring a