(1.) With the consent of the counsel for the parties, both writ petitions are set down for final hearing. Both the writ petitions have been heard together and are being disposed of by a common judgment.
(2.) It may be noticed that although separate impugned orders have been passed in both these writ petitions but in the impugned order of W.P. (C) 3500/2007, a reference has been made to the impugned order in W.P.(C) 2766/2007.
(3.) For the sake of convenience, respondent in W.P.(C) 3500/2007, namely Sh. P.K. Sharma, shall be referred to as "Sharma"; and respondent in W.P.(C) 2766/2007, namely Sh. Jitender Kumar Bhatia, shall be referred to as "Bhatia". They shall be collectively referred to as the "respondents".