(1.) Subject matter and reliefs sought for in all the writ petitions being identical, those were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.
(2.) We have heard Mr. Rafiq Dada, Mr. Vijaysinh Thorat and Mr. V. Sridharan, learned senior counsel for the petitioners; and Mr. H. S. Venegaonkar, learned counsel for the respondents in all the writ petitions.
(3.) For the sake of convenience, we have divided the bunch of cases into three groups; one argued by senior counsel Mr. Dada, the other by senior counsel Mr. Thorat and the last group by Mr. Sridharan, learned senior counsel.