COMMON JUDGMENT

[Judgment of the Court was delivered by K.RAJASEKAR,J.,]

Writ Appeals have been filed challenging the common order passed by a learned Single Judge in W.P.Nos.19134 and 19135 of 2015, dated 30.01.2018, whereby, the learned Single Judge has partly allowed the Writ Petitions by extending the pay benefits from their original date of promotion i.e., 29.12.2011 to their promoted post.

2. Aggrieved over the denial of seniority in the promotional post these Writ Appeals have been filed.

3. The case of the Writ Petitioners is as follows:

The Writ Petitioners were appointed in the post of Attenders on compassionate grounds in the year 2001. In the year 2005, they were asked to participate in the written test along with other casual labourers and NMRs for appointment in the post of Clerks. Accordingly, these Writ Petitioners were appointed as Clerks with effect from 14.11.2005 and they have been permitted to continue under old pension scheme. As per letter dated 12.06.2007, it was stated that their seniority was fixed based on the mark secured in the test. But marks were not published till now. Subsequently, the Writ Petitioners were promoted to the post of Assistant. Immediately,