(1.) Heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and the learned standing counsel for the respondents.
(2.) Present writ petition has been instituted by five petitioners amongst other the following reliefs:
(3.) The petitioners were appointed as Class IV employees in the Forest Department and were posted at Ballia on the of post of Mali. The initial appointments of the petitioners were made on 8.10.1985, 18.4.1992, 24.12.1985 and 14.7.1983. The petitioners were performing their duties on the said post.