Najmi Waziri, J.

1. These batch of writ petitions have impugned the Office Memorandum dated 26.11.2010 issued by the respondents whereby the officers of Minor Cadres have been merged with that of the GD Cadre and a combined seniority list of the General Duty Cadre Group A officers (hereafter referred to as the “GD Cadre”) have been notified along with Minor Cadres officers. Furthermore, the seniority of the officers has been fixed on the basis of their respective date of appointment, as a result whereof the petitioners have been placed below the private respondents (in these writ petitions) in the seniority list. It is the petitioners’ case that they had been selected earlier than the private respondents who had been selected subsequently by their respective selection body. They have accordingly, sought quashing of the orders dated 1.4.2011, 5.5.2011 along with the Office Memorandum dated 26.11.2010 and the combined seniority list dated 1.12.2010. The petitioners further seek a writ of mandamus for maintenance of a separate seniority list of the GD Cadre officers and the Mino