JUDGMENT

[W.P.(C) Nos.24359 of 2018, 36794 of 2018, 40221 of 2018, 40250 of 2018, 40774 of 2018, 41101 of 2018, 293 of 2019, 344 of 2019, 4365 of 2019, 6406 of 2019, 7579 of 2019, 7744 of 2019, 9192 of 2019 & 10308 of 2019]

These writ petitions are filed by the respective petitioners, who have been appointed as Assistant Professors in the 1^st respondent University, seeking the following benefits;

i) the reckoning of their prior service in various institutions for the purpose of promotion/grade/career advancement, etc.

ii) the grant of the period availed as leave without allowance for the service benefits.

iii) The declaration of probation without insisting for the mandatory one-year service.

The petitioners raised the afore claims before the University and the University, pursuant to the orders issued, had rejected the claims, and that is why the captioned writ petitions have been filed by the respective petitioners.

2. For ease of reference, the facts and averment