The Court : In this Rule, the petitioners the first of whom is the Employees' Association of the Reserve Bank of India (hereinafter referred to as the Bank) and the others are individual employees of the Bank challenge an order of the Bank and also an order of the Government of India. These are two distinct and separate orders and are challenged on distinct and separate grounds.

2. The first one namely, the order of the Bank which is under challenge may be set out herein below :-

"OFFICE ORDER NO. 367/76/77

Late Coming - Reducing the grace time to 15 minutes.

With a view to achieving maximum efficiency, it has been decided to discontinue, henceforth the practice of permitting employees to attend office late on two occasions in a month up to 12 noon. With effect from 15th December, 1976, employees would be allowed on, not more than two occasions in a month, even with permission to come late up to a maximum period of 15 minutes only from the commencement of the working hours prescribed for the concerned category of staff. If an employee attends office late i.e. before the expiry of 15 minutes from the commencement of the working hours prescribed for him, on more than two occ