B. SUDERSHAN REDDY, J.

( 1 ) THE subject matter that arises for consideration in both these writ petitions is one and the same and, therefore, they can conveniently be disposed of by a common order. The petitioners herein invoked the jurisdiction of the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal at Hyderabad challenging the constitutional validity of the amended proviso to Rule 6 of the Andhra Pradesh Treasury and Accounts Subordinate Service Rules on various grounds in O. A. Nos. 5312 of 1996 and 383 of 1996 respectively. The Tribunal by its common Judgment dated 13/08/1997 disposed of O. A. No. 6456 of 1995 and Batch, including the above Original Applications, upholding the constitutional validity of the said amended proviso to Rule 6 of the said Rules. The Tribunal after an elaborate consideration of the matter rejected the contentions raised by the petitioners. Hence these writ petitions.

( 2 ) BEFORE adverting to the question as to whether the Tribunal has committed any error in upholding the constitutional validity of the amended proviso to Rule 6 of the Rules, it may be necessary to briefly notice the relevant facts leading to filing of these writ petitions.

( 3 ) THE petitioner

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