(1.) The appellants in the Latent Patent Appeals, the petitioner in C.W.P. 3063/95 and the petitioner in C.W.P. 4082/95 have come forward with a grievance that their services have been dispensed with by the respondents on extraneous reasons which cannot be sustained in law. They were all working at one time in 168 Infantry Brigade deployed in the place called Samba, in a border area.
(2.) . Each of the appellants and each of the petitioners has got its own case to relate which requires a careful consideration. At the outset it may be noted that the question to be decided is whether the respondents have established their case against each of the appellants and the petitioners who have approached this Court.
(3.) . The genesis of the present action was the arrest of Gnr. Aya Singh and Gnr. Sarwan Dass who were alleged to be assisting Pakistan SSI endangering the security of India. They were arrested in the year 1975 on suspicion of their being spies passing on secret information to a neighbouring country.