J.B. Pardiwala, J.

1. Since the issues raised in all the captioned writ applications are more or less the same, those were heard analogously and are being diSPO’sed of by this common judgment and order.

2. For the sake of convenience, the Special Civil Application No. 13179 of 2015 is treated as the lead matter.

3. By this writ application, under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the writ applicants, serving as the 'Direct Sales Executives' with the Life Insurance Corporation of India, on contractual basis, have prayed for the following reliefs:

"12(A) That this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to direct the respondent Life Insurance Corporation of India to cover all Direct Sales Executives under (staff) Regulations, 1960 in the interest of justice considering the fact that the petitioners are working under the respondent Corporation for the last 5-6 years and are securing good business for the respondent Corporation;

(B) That this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to direct the respondent Life Insurance Corporation of India to extend the Scheme of Direct Sales Executives