(1.) Heard Mr. Pangam, learned Counsel for the petitioner, Mr. C.A. Ferreira, learned Assistant Solicitor General for respondent No. 2 and Mr. M.S. Bandodkar, learned Counsel for respondent No. 3 in all the writ petitions.
(2.) Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith.
(3.) All these writ petitions are disposed of by a common judgment since the parties and the issues involved in all the writ petitions are identical.