(1.) BY these writ petitions, the petitioners challenge the validity of Rule 17 of the Rajasthan Panchayat Samities and Zila Parishads Service Rules, 1959 on the ground that it is ultra vires to the Constitution of India and the same be struck down.
(2.) AS all these writ petitions raise a common question of law, so they were heard together and are being disposed of by this common order. For the convenient disposal of all these writ petitions, the fact of D.B.C.W. Petition No. 979/90 are being taken into account.
(3.) THIS Court issued notice to show cause on 2.3.90 and also ordered that in the meanwhile the services of the persons mentioned in the Schedule annexed with the writ petition shall not be terminated. All the writ petitions mentioned in Schedule -A appended to this order have come up before us.