COMMON ORDER

The petitioners have filed these writ petitions seeking a writ of mandamus to direct the first respondent to regularize their services from their initial date of appointments till 01.06.2006 with all consequential monetary and service benefits

2. The petitioners were appointed as Secondary Grade Teacher/Junior Secondary Grade Teacher / Junior grade B.T.Assistant / Physical Education Teachers between the years 2003 to 2006 on consolidated pay of Rs.3000/-, Rs.4000/- and Rs.4500/- from the year 2004. The Government took a policy decision to absorb the petitioners in various Panchayat Union Schools, High Schools and Higher Secondary Schools in the vacancies available as on 01.06.2003 and to re-designate them as Junior Secondary Grade Teacher / Junior Grade B.T.Assistant / Junior Grade P.G.Assistant on consolidated pay. However there is no corresponding amendment in the Service Rules and an executive order alone was given to down grade the post. In the said order it is stated that those persons who have been appointed to the down graded post shall be entitled to be regularized after the completion of five years in the consolidated pay.

2.1 As per the Government Order in G.O.