(1.) Rule returnable on 26-10-2016.
(2.) By interim order, the status quo qua present service conditions of the petitioners which are governed by the Rules of 1996 and 2004 in the respective writ petitions, shall be maintained on condition that in event the petitioners fail in the petitions, they would be liable to refund the amount of the difference as per Rules of 2012, if applied with retrospective effect."