JUDGMENT

Arijit Pasayat, J.-These appeals involve common point of dispute and, therefore, are disposed of by this judgment, which shall govern each one of them.

2. The appeals are directed against judgments of the Andhra Pradesh High Court in several writ petitions by which judgments of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal (in short the Tribunal ) were set aside. A batch of 32 original applications was disposed of by a common order, The applicants in some of those moved the High Court as Tribunal had rejected their applications. They are respondents in Civil Appeals 3618, 3619, 3620, 7206 to 7209, 7080, 7394 and 7395/2000. Six others had filed a joint petition before the Tribunal. They are respondents in Civil Appeal No.4949/2000.

3. Factual position is almost undisputed and needs to be noted in brief:-

The respondents in these appeals were appointed as Constables along with several others, total number being 732. They were placed on probation for a period of three years and were also required to undergo training in the A.P. Police Recruits School under Rule 11 (a) of the A.P. Police Subordinate Service Rules (in short the Special Rules ). One of the conditions stipulated in