O R D E R

The instant writ petition has been filed seeking the relief of writ of declaration, declaring that the Boards Proceedings in MS No.733 dated 16.6.1975 issued by the 2nd respondent as not applicable to the subsequently formed Administration cadre and also prayed to prepare and release the seniority list for the Administration cadre based on selection list and direct the respondents to fix the seniority of the petitioners according to their merits.

2 (a). It is the contention of the petitioners that they were originally recruited by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board by direct recruitment in 1994- 1995, and that the petitioners' names were sponsored by the respective District Employment Exchanges for the post of Junior Assistant (Administration) in the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board. The learned counsel for the petitioners would further contend that the post of Junior Assistants (Administration), and Junior Assistants (Accounts) were created in the year 1987, and the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board had issued formation of the two posts by its B.P.MS.(FB) No.62 dated 23.07.1987. The learned counsel would further contend that as per the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board Service Regulations