The facts require to be considered in all these three writ petitions are identical and the issues involved for determination are also identical. Therefore, all the three writ petitions are disposed of by a common order.

2. The petitioners were appointed as unofficial persons-in-charge under Section 32(7)(a) of A.P. Co-Operative Societies Act, 1964 (for short the APCS Act). Their term has been extended from time to time by virtue of the said provision and they claim to be holding the said posts on the dates of the filing of the writ petitions. Whereas, the respondents contention is that they have been replaced by the official respondents by virtue of G.O.Rt.No.400 Agriculture and Co-Operation (Coop.I) Department, dated 31.05.2014 whereunder the official respondents were directed by the Government to appoint themselves as the persons- in-charge of the 5th respondent Union. The said G.O.Rt.No.400 is impugned in these writ petitions stating it to be illegal, arbitrary, contrary to the provisions of the A.P.CS Act as well as the provisions of A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014 (for short the APRO Act) and also in violation of the Article 14 of the Constitution of India.

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