D.G. Karnik

1. All these petitions are directed against a common order dated 6th May 2010, passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Bench at Aurangabad (For short, "the Tribunal"), in Original Application Nos. 91/2010 and 106/2010. Hence these petitions are disposed of by this common order.

2. The applicants before the Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as "the original applicants") were appointed as Legal Advisors, Law Officers and Law Instructors under the Director General of Police or Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai, sometime on 31st March 2007 or thereabout under a contract. Their appointments came to an end on 1st January 2010 on expiry of the contractual period. Law Officers filed Applications bearing O.A. No. 91/2010 and Law Instructors filed O.A. No. 106/2010 before the Tribunal challenging their termination, and also challenging some of the conditions in the Government Resolutions dated 21-8-2006 and 15-9-2006, under which they were appointed. They also prayed for a direction to the State to regularize their appointments as Law Officers / Instructors. By the impugned order, the Tribunal struck down Condition No.3 in the Government Resolution dat