ORDER

The above writ petitions are preferred by the petitioners primarily challenging the validity of the order of repatriation dated 20.6.2014 whereby the petitioners have been repatriated to the parent Department of Health and Family Welfare from their current post of Designated Officers and the subsequent order of the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal, dated 15.12.2014 passed in Application Nos. 5036 to 5055 of 2014 connected with Application No. 5253 of 2014, which is produced as Annexure-A to the writ petitions. The Tribunal has confirmed and upheld the impugned proceedings.

2. The claim of the petitioners is that, they have been appointed as Designated Officers under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, a Central Enactment for the purpose of regulating and laying down science based standards for articles of Food and to regulate their manufacture, storage, distribution sale and import, to ensure availability of safe and wholesome food for human consumption. It is also the case of the petitioners that such deputation was made after calling for applications from Medical Officers who satisfy the parameters set out in circular dated 10.9.2012. It is further contended that unde