Judgment :

ALTAMAS KABIR, J.

1. These Special Leave Petition (C) Nos.33333-33335 of 2010 arise out of a final judgment and order dated 15th November, 2010, passed by the Karnataka High Court at Bangalore in M.W.No.9995/10, M.W.No.10529/10, M.W.No.10698/10, W.P.No.32674/10, W.P.No.32675/10, W.P.No.32676/10, W.P.No.32677/10 and W.P.No.32678/10, allowing the writ petitioners' application, being Misc.W.No.9995 of 2010, praying for leave to amend a portion of paragraph 9 of the Writ Petitions.

2. The Writ Petitioners, D. Sudhakar, Venkataramanappa, Gulihatti D. Shekar, Shivaraj S. Thangadgi and P.M. Narendra Swamy, were all elected as independent Members in the General Elections held to the 13th Karnataka Legislative Assembly. After being elected, they supported the exercise undertaken by the Bhartiya Janata Party (hereinafter referred to as "B.J.P.") led by Shri B.S. Yeddiyurappa, leader of the B.J.P. Legislature Party, to form a Government in the State in May, 2008. The writ petitioners, who have been made the Respondent Nos.1 to 5 in these Special Leave Petitions, apart from extending support, also joined the Government as Ministers and it appears that they also attended meetings of t