(1.) Written submissions provided by learned counsel for the parties are taken on record.
(2.) As a common cause of action has been agitated in all the writ petitions, the same are being decided by a common judgment.
(3.) A composite counter affidavit has been filed in Writ-A No. 179 of 2026, addressing legal issues rather than factual ones. Learned counsel for the petitioners does not propose to file a rejoinder affidavit to the same, as the petitions are being decided solely on the legal issues.