ORDER :

1. Since, common questions of law are involved in these matters, they are heard and taken up for consideration together.

2. Before proceedings to the contentions advanced by the parties, the facts relevant to the case on hand as borne out from the pleadings are as follows:

2.1. IN W.P. No. 24786/2023

(a) Petitioner who is a Group ‘A’ Officer working in the Office of the 2nd respondent since her direct recruitment in June, 2012, was promoted to the post of Deputy Commissioner, Commercial Taxes (for short ‘DCCT’) from the cadre of Assistant Commissioner Commercial Taxes Department vide order dated 27.09.2019 and it is in pursuance to the same, she was posted as DCCT (Audit 5.4), Divisional Goods and Service Taxes-5, Bengaluru. Subsequently, by an order dated 22.06.2022, petitioner was transferred to the place of one Sri. Appaji Patil who was working as DCCT (Enfocrcement-5), South zone, ‘B’ Block, VTK-02, Kormangala, Bengaluru and she reported for the duty at the said place on 23.06.2023. In pursuance to the same, she has worked in the said place for a period of nearly 1 year 2 months.

(b) In this background, an order of vice-versa transfer dated 12.09.2023 came to be passed by th