C O M M O N J U D G M E N T

(Made by R.VIJAYAKUMAR,J.

These writ appeals have been preferred by the petitioners in WP(MD).Nos.6374 and 7644 of 2017 challenging the dismissal of their writ petitions by way of a common order dated 26.03.2018 passed by the writ Court.

(A).Factual Matrix:

2.WP(MD).No.19784 of 2017 has been filed by the petitioner in WP(MD).No.6374 of 2017 seeking to challenge the order of the District Collector, Virudhunagar dated 04.06.2012 and the consequential impugned order dated 30.11.2016. The petitioner had further prayed for a direction to the respondents to draw the inter-se seniority list of Assistants directly recruited through TNPSC and the promotive Assistants by placing the Promotive Assistants below the directly recruited Assistants in the light of Rule 30(c) of the Tamil Nadu Ministerial Service Rules .

3.The private respondents in the writ appeals as well as in the writ petition who were working as Junior Assistants/Typists were promoted as Assistants on 04.06.2012. The writ appellants and the writ petitioner in WP(MD).No.19784 of 2017 were directly recruited as Assistants and appointed on 23.11.2012.

4.One K.Balamurugan who is a direct recruitee had prefer