JUDGMENT :

Akula Venkata Sesha Sai, J.

1. Since the issue involved in this batch of writ petitions is one and the same, the contentions advanced by the respective learned Counsel are also the same, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of these writ petitions by way of this common order.

2. By way of the orders impugned in the present writ petitions, the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad (hereinafter referred to, as 'The Tribunal') allowed the Original Applications Nos. 3286 of 2014, 3310 of 2014, 3386 of 2014, 4079 of 2014, 4080 of 2014, 2460 of 2017, 2461 of 2017 and 8109 of 2010 respectively filed by the respondents/applicants and directed the authorities to promote the applicants to the posts of Sub-Inspector of Police by counting their seniority in the cadre of Head Constable from the date on which they were promoted on out of turn basis as Head Constables.

3. For the purpose of brevity, this Court deems it appropriate to take up Writ Petition No. 27734 of 2017 and refer the parties as referred to, in the Original Application No. 3286 of 2014.

4. The applicant in Original Application No. 3286 of 2014 was initially appointed as a Police Constable on 25.10.1989 i