(1.) All these appeals are by special leave and are directed against judgments rendered by the Kerala High Court in Writ Petitions filed before it. The High Court in each case refused to grant relief.
(2.) Two Notifications/Orders issued by the State Government are relevant. The first one is dated 11-4-1979 and the second is dated 29-9-1980 which was published in the State Gazette on 21-10-1980. For convenience, the texts of the two Notifications/Orders are extracted below:
(3.) The relevant portion of the second notification reads thus: