Sudhir Kumar Katriar, J.

1. Four petitioners have joined this writ petition with the prayer to quash the following orders whereby their services as Constables in, the Bihar Police Force have been dispensed with:

i) Order dated 30.4.2002, issued under the signature of the Superintendent of Police, Samastipur, dispensing with the services of petitioner No. 1 (Prem Chandra Jha).

ii) Order dated 30.11.2002, issued under the signature of the Superintendent of Police, Jamui, dispensing with the services of petitioner No. 2 (Umesh Kumar Verma).

iii) Order dated 30.12.2001, issued under the signature of the Superintendent of Police, Darbhanga, dispensing with the services of petitioner No. 3 (Kumar Raju).

iv) Order dated 10.12.2001, issued under the signature of the Superintendent of Police, Darbhanga, dispensing with the services of petitioner No. 4 (Arun Kumar Jha).

Prayer has also been made to restore their services as Constables with consequential benefits.

2 A brief narration of facts is essential to dispose of this writ petition. The facts with respect to the four petitioners are similar except that those are contained in different orders marked as annexures. The four petitio