(1.) As all these writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India arise out of the same set of facts and involve common question of law pertaining to selection, promotion and appointment of the petitioners in all the aforesaid writ petitions except in W.P.(C) No. 4570 of 2005, to the cadre of Indian Administrative Service (for short, "I.A.S") from the cadre of Orissa Administrative Service, they were heard analogously, and are being disposed of by this common judgment.
(2.) W.P.(C) No. 4570 of 2005 has been filed by the Union Public Service Commission (for short, "U.P.S.C.") challenging the order dated 3.11.2004 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack (for short, "the Tribunal") in O.A. No. 1255 of 2003.
(3.) Three Original Applications, i.e., O.A. Nos. 1255 of 2003, 588 of 2003 and 2 of 2004 were filed by different persons, namely, Aswini Kumar Das, Dr. Prafulla Kumar Chaulia and Pramod Chandra Patnaik respectively before the Tribunal O.A. No. 1255 of 2003 was disposed of by the Tribunal by order dated 3.11.2004 and subsequently, the other two Original Applications were also disposed of in the light of the said judgment.