J.B. Pardiwala, J.

1. Since the issues raised in both the captioned writ applications are interconnected and also more or less the same, those were heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

2. In both the writ applications, the writ applicants, retired employees of the Paschim Gujarat Vij Company Limited, have raised issues as regards their retiral benefits. The writ applicant of the Special Civil Application No. 2934 of 2008 had joined the services of the erstwhile Gujarat Electricity Board on 23rd February 1973 as the 'Junior Assistant'. Whereas, the writ applicant of the Special Civil Application No. 4098 of 2008 had joined the services of the erstwhile Gujarat Electricity Board (for short, 'the G.E.B.') in April 1980 as a 'Junior Engineer'.

3. At the time of the filing of the two writ applications, the writ applicant, namely, Shri R.B. Patel was serving as the 'Deputy Superintendent' in the Accounts Branch of the G.E.B. Whereas the writ applicant Shri Babubhai Ishwarlal Patel was serving as the 'Deputy Engineer' in the G.E.B.

4. A criminal complaint came to be filed by one Mr. Manilal Patel, the proprietor of M/s. Shriram Industries agai