JUDGMENT

KURIAN, J.

Civil Appeal Nos. 16122-16130 of 2017 [@ SLP (C) Nos. 21046-21054 OF 2017]

1. Leave granted.

2. The appellants approached this Court, aggrieved by a common interim order in three writ petitions, viz., Writ Petition Nos. 8859 of 2016, 8860 of 2016 and 9291 of 2016. The interim order dated 02.09.2016 reads as follows :

1. We have heard learned Senior Counsel Mr. Dada and Mr. Jahagirdar, appearing for the petitioner in Writ Petition Nos. 8860 and 8859 of 2016 respectively, Mr. Anturkar for respondent no.1 and the learned AGP for the State. During the course of hearing of these petitions at admission stage, learned Senior Counsel Mr. Dada appearing for the petitioner placed reliance on the following judgments :-

(a) P. Chitharanja Menon and ors. vs. A. Balakrishnan and ors. [AIR 1977 SC1720].

(b) Roshan Lal and Ors. vs. International Airport Authority of India and ors. [AIR 1981 SC 597].

(c) Amarjeet Singh and ors. vs. DeviRatan and ors. [(2010)1 SCC 417].

2. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that without challenging the promotion of the petitioner, the respondent no.1 challenged the seniority list at a belated stage. The petitioner is now occupy