(1.) BY the Court.-As there is no objection from the respondents to the application for condonation of delay, being allowed, it is hereby allowed and the period of delay as pointed out by the Registry is, thus, condoned.
(2.) WE have heard learned counsel for parties and considered the pleadings as well as impugned judgment.
(3.) THE brief facts leading to filing of this Special Appeal are that all the respondents (writ-petitioners) were engaged for the Census operations relating to the year 1991. Some of them had worked in the year 1981 and some others in the year 2001. All of them had applied towards the notification issued by the Directorate of Census. After undergoing the selection process, they were duly recruited. On winding up of the Census work, their services were dispensed with.