(1.) This order will dispose of the above bunch of cases.
(2.) Subject matter of all the writ petitions being identical, those were clubbed and heard together.
(3.) Heard Mr. R Mazumdar, Mr. TN Srinivasan, Mr. B Pathak and Mrs. S Bora, learned counsel for the petitioners and a host of learned Central Govt. Counsel, namely, Mr. M Phukan, Mrs. A Gayan, Ms. B Sarma, Mr. SS Roy, Mr. KK Parasar, Ms. R Devi and Ms. A Das. In course of the hearing, Mr. SC Keyal, learned Assistant Solicitor General had also made submissions.