This group of writ petitions takes exception to the judgments and orders dated 30-4-2007 passed by the School Tribunal allowing the appeals filed by respondent No.3 - employees, in all the petitions, challenging their termination by the petitioners. Though the judgments of the School Tribunal are separate, the facts and the reasons recorded by the Tribunal for allowing the appeals filed under section 9 of the Maharashtra Employees of Private Schools (Conditions of Service) Regulation Act, 1977 ("the Act" for short) are similar. The questions raised in these petitions are also similar and, therefore, they are being disposed of by common judgment.

2. Petitioner No. 1 is a Public Charitable Trust, registered under the provisions of the Bombay Public Trusts Act, 1950 runs a school by the name Hindi Vidya Bhavan, now known as HVB Academy the school" for short) . Petitioner Nos. 2 and 3 are the Principal and the Secretary of the school respectively. Respondent No.3-employees were the appellants in the appeals filed before the School Tribunal. Respondent No.4 is, Mithila Azad Security Force ("Mithila" for short), an agency/contractor, which was engaged to provide certain