S.S. Shinde, J.

1. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. By consent, heard finally.

2. At the outset, learned counsel appearing for the respective petitioners in these writ petitions, the learned Additional Government Pleader and learned counsel appearing for other respondents, jointly submit that, since the points/issues raised in all these petitions are similar, all these petitions can be heard together and disposed of by common judgment and order. Learned counsel for the petitioners in respective petitions submit that, writ petition No. 7106 of 2013 and writ petition No. 7660 of 2013 should be considered as lead petitions and the arguments advanced by counsel for the petitioners in those writ petitions would be adopted by other respective counsel appearing in respective petitions. In the light of above, this Court has proceeded to hear all these petitions together, and same are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

3. As already observed herein before, all petitions raises similar controversies/issues, it would be relevant to state briefly the facts leading for filing the aforementioned writ petitions.

4. The petitioners in all these petitions were wor