JUDGMENT

Bhan, J.-These appeals are directed against a common order passed by a Full Bench of Five Judges of the High Court of Allahabad in Civil Writ Petition No. 4285 (MB) of 1999, Public Services Tribunal Bar Association vs. State of U.P. & Anr., Civil Writ Petition No. 871 (MB) of 2000, Afzal Ahmad Siddiqui vs. State of U.P. & Ors., and Civil Writ Petition No. 1262 (MB) of 2000, Shireesh Kumar vs. State of U.P. & Ors., wherein the High Court has dismissed the writ petitions challenging the vires of the U.P. Public Services (Tribunal) Act, 1976, as amended from time to time. The High Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the Act as well as the subsequent amendments made therein.

2. To effectively adjudicate the dispute arising in these appeals it would be necessary to have a look at the events in a chronological order which are given in brief as under:

3. The U.P. Public Services (Tribunal) Act, 1976 ( for short "the Act") was promulgated relating to public servants of the State Government and the employees of the government undertakings, local bodies etc. having power to grant interim relief as well. Before the coming into force of the Act the public servants were approa