1. The above batch of writ petitions have been filed by the Chairmen of respective Agricultural Market Committees, who were appointed as Chairman and members under the provisions of Section 5 of the Andhra Pradesh (Agricultural Produce and Livestock) Markets Act, 1966 (Act No. 16 of 1966) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act). By these writ petitions they have challenged the Telangana Ordinance No. 1 of 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the said Ordinance) in particular clause-3 thereof as to its constitutional validity. By the said Ordinance clauses (a), (b) & (c) of sub-section (1) of Section 5 of the said Act are amended by reducing the number of members of the committee in various categories and the term of the office of the members. By clause-3 of the said Ordinance existing members, vice-chairmen and chairmen of the market committee are terminated prematurely in view of reduction of term. All the petitioners in the above writ petitions have been duly and validly appointed chairman-cum-member in various districts in the State of Telangana in 2013 except 7th petitioner in W.P. No. 24877 of 2014 who was appointed on 3.2.2012. Basically, they are the members of the commit