(1.) THESE three writ rules arise out of substantially similar facts and raise common questions of law.
(2.) THE petitioners were officers in the Central Accounts Office of the State Bank of India. As they were on the verge of superannuation (58 years of age), their cases for extension upto 60 years of age came up for consideration before the Bank Authorities and the refusal to grant such extension has fed to the institution of the present writ proceedings.
(3.) DURING the pendency of the writ proceedings before this Court the petitioners retired.