J U D G M E N T

Heard Sri. P.V. Jayachandran, the learned counsel for the petitioners, as well as Sri. M.V. Anandan, the learned Standing Counsel for the respondent – University.

2. The petitioners are stated to have worked with the respondent University as contract labourers on daily wages, as evidenced by Ext. P1. The petitioners state that they continued to work for subsequent periods as well. They further contend that the respondent University has not been providing weightage/relaxation with respect to the earlier experience attained by the petitioners while effecting appointments to casual posts subsequently. It is also submitted that certain other employees had earlier approached this Court by filing W.P.(C) No. 38982 of 2015, contending that weightage had not been extended by taking into account their past service in the University. By Ext.P6 judgment dated 30.03.2017, this Court disposed of the writ petition as under:

“In the above circumstances, Ext.P6 order, to the extent it takes away the benefit of age relaxation and service weightage to the works who were working on contract/daily wage or through the Co-operative Societies and modified Ext.P5 order to the detriment of ca