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IRSHAD HASAN KHAN, C.J.---Through this common judgment we intend to dispose of Civil Appeals Nos. 367 to 378 of 2001, 613 to 637 of 2001, 648 to 655 of 2001, 985-986 of 2001, 1113 to 1124 of 2001 and 120 of 1999 and Civil Petitions Nos. 745 to 760 of 2001, 1263-1341 of 2001, 1877--1921 of 2001, 1926, 1934--2067 of 2001, 1381 of 2001, 1459 of 2001, 2112 of 2001 and 1515 of 2001, which have arisen out of various consolidated/single judgments passed by the Federal Service Tribunal, Islamabad and Karachi (hereinafter referred to as the Tribunal) in respectively Appeals Nos. 69(K) of 1998, dated 27-5-2000, 2464(K), 2465(K) to 2474(K) of 1997 dated 16-11-2000; Appeals Nos.573-K of 1999, etc. dated 6-6-2000; Appeals Nos.1067-K of 1999, etc. dated 25-5-2000 and 1209-K of 1999, dated 1-6-2000; Appeals Nos.2166-R of 1999 and 2178-R of 1999 dated 23-9-2000; Appeals Nos.2325-R of 1999, etc. and 70-71-R of 2000 dated 29-1-2001; Appeals Nos. 228-K of 1999, etc. dated 23 -1-2001; Appeals Nos.553-R(CE) of 2000, etc. dated 21-3-2001; Appeals Nos. 1268-R of 1999 , etc. dated 12-5-2000; Anneal No. 190-K of 1998 dated 28-7-1998; Appeal No.798-K of 1999 dated 13-4-2000; Appeal No.2240-R of 1999, 2237-R of 1999 and 2308-R of 1999  dated  23-9-2000.   2. All these cases were heard together. However, in view of different backgrounds, each category of appeals/petitions has been separately dealt with and disposed of.   C.As. Nos.366 to 378 of 2001   ( Contract Employees )   Briefly stated, the facts of the above cases are that appellants were appointed as Medical Officers in the respondent-Company on contract basis initially for six months but on expiry of stipulated period, neither their contract was terminated nor the same was renewed. The appellants' services were, however, terminated when all of them had, more or less, served the Company for 1 to 2 years on the ground that their services were on contract basis. After exhausting departmental remedy the appellants approached the Tribunal for redress of their grievance. The Tribunal dismissed their appeals holding that the appellants were contract employees, therefore, their services could be…