1. M. S. H. QURAISHI, J.-Leave to appeal is granted in these two petition to consider whether in view of the proviso to para. 5 of M. L. O. No. 23 dated 22-10-1977, the Punjab Service Tribunal was justified in conferring On respondents Bashir Ahmad Kamlana and Syed Kabir Hussain Shah who had been retired under M. L. R. 114 on 18-3-1972 but had later been reinsta--ted into service and promoted to be E. A. Cs. With effect from 21-3-1978 ^' and 1-8-1978, respectively, back-dated seniority over their conferees who bad been promoted during the period the said respondents had been put out of service. The Tribunal's order is not stayed but we direct that both the cases shall be placed before the coming Appeal Bench alongwith appeals arising out of C. P. 797 of 1982 and C. P. 770 of 1982.