(1.) W.P.No.8160/2020, W.P.No.36133/2019 and W.P.Nos.44851/2019 are filed by Officers of the Karnataka Power Transmission Corporation Limited (hereinafter referred to as "KPTCL") and belong to the General Category (in contradistinction to those officers who belong to reserved category consisting of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) and are aggrieved by their seniority vis -vis those who have been promoted on the basis of reservation and as the above writ petitions raise common legal questions, all the petitions are taken up together and are disposed off by this common order.
(2.) Reliefs sought for in the various writ petitions are as follows:
(3.) BRIEF FACTS: