ORDER

1. Special leave granted.

2. These appeals have been filed by the Durg Rajnandgaon Grameen Bank (hereinafter referred to as "the appellant-Bank") against the judgment of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh dated 21-3-1997 in Second Appeals Nos. 126 and 127 of 1997 and judgment dated 24-4-1997 in Second Appeal No. 125 of 1997. These second appeals arose out of civil suits filed by Respondents 1 to 5 wherein they had challenged the validity of the selection made on 28-7-1989 by the Selection Committee and the order of promotion dated 29-10-1989 passed on the basis of the said selection whereby, in preference to the respondents, persons junior to them were promoted as Area/Senior Manager in the appellant-Bank. The said suits were dismissed by the trial court but on appeal they were decreed by the appellate court and the second appeals filed by the appellant-Bank have been dismissed summarily by the impugned judgments.

3. Shri S. S. Javeli, the learned Senior Counsel appearing for the appellant-Bank, has pointed out that prior to the filing of the suits, which have given rise to these appeals, the plaintiffs in the said suits had filed a writ petition (MP No. 4235 of 1989) in the Hi