JUDGMENT

Abhay Manohar Sapre, J.

Leave granted.

2. These appeals are directed against the final judgment and order dated 12.06.2018 of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay in Writ Petition(c)Nos. 2639, 2184, 2642, 2641, 2644 and 2746 of 2016 whereby the High Court allowed the writ petitions filed by the respondents herein.

3. A few facts need mention hereinbelow to appreciate the short controversy involved in these appeals.

4. Respondent No. 1 in all the appeals (total 6) were the writ petitioners and the appellants (1 to 6) herein were the respondents in the six writ petitions out of which these appeals arise.

5. The six respondents individually filed six separate writ petitions against the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (appellant No. 1 herein) and their officials including the Collector (Respondent Nos. 2 to 6) and sought common reliefs in their individual writ petitions against the appellants on identical, factual and legal pleadings/grounds.

6. According to six writ petitioners (respondent No. 1 in all the appeals), one was running his restaurant in a stall under the name "Yadgar Restaurant" at Bandra Station Road. The other writ petitioner was running a "Pan Shop" in a st