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2.18 Further, the OM dated 14/08/2014 is a declaratory notification. It is not a procedural OM. Vide said OM, it has been declared that the Ex-servicemen would be entitled to their status and benefits admissible to Ex- servicemen even for subsequent appointments on the civil side. The declaratory OMs have a retrospective effect.

3. It is pertinent to point out here that applicant Nos.1 and 4 are not in Central Govt. Service, till date as their employment in the nationalised banks is not towards civil posts. Applicant No. 3 is employed as a Traffic Apprentice (Trainee) only on provisional and temporary basis. The representations filed by the applicants have now been rejected vide the impugned order.

11. We have heard the learned counsel for both the parties and perused the records.

12. It is not in dispute that all the applicants joined their earlier employment prior to the effective date of OM dated 14.08.2014, that too, after getting the benefit under ex- servicemen quota. However, applicant Nos. 1 and 4 are not in Central Govt. Service, as their employment in the nationalised banks is not towards civil posts. Applicant No.3 is employed as a Traffic Apprentice (Trainee) only on provisional and temporary basis which according to the OM dated 07.11.1989 is not covered under the civil post, being not a permanent post. Hence, the cases of applicant Nos.1, 3 and 4 are fit cases to be given the benefit of OM dated 14.08.2014. They are entitled for the benefit of as mentioned in the said OM.