V. Ramasubramanian, J.

1. Challenging an amendment to the Regulations of the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation by which one of the modes of recruitment viz., Recruitment by Transfer to the post of Chemist was deleted, the respondents in these writ appeals, filed a batch of writ petitions. By a final order dated 22-08-2016, a learned Judge of this Court allowed the writ petitions in part, by rejecting the challenge to the amendment, but by holding that the vacancies that arose before the impugned amendment to the Regulations, should be filled up only with reference to the unamended Regulations in force at the time when the vacancies arose. Aggrieved by the said order, the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation has come up with the present writ appeals.

2. Heard Mr. G.Vidyasagar, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the appellants, Mr. C.V. Mohan Reddy, learned Senior Counsel and Mr. J.Sudheer, learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

3. The facts on which there are no disputes are as follows:

(a) In exercise of the powers conferred b