Akil Kureshi, J.

1. These petitions arise out of common background. They have been heard together and would be disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The petitioners are existing and retired employees of the respondent no. 1-Physical Research Laboratory [“PRL” for short]. They belong to the administrative staff. They are clamoring for their pensionery benefits, which according to them were denied to them by the illegal and discriminatory action on the part of PRL. In these petitions, they have challenged the common judgment of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Ahmedabad in Transfer Application No. 3 of 2009 and connected proceedings. Brief facts are as under :-

3. All the petitioners are employees of PRL. Few of them are still in active service. Rest have retired during the pendency of these proceedings. They belong to administrative staff of the PRL. They were governed by certain set of service conditions, particularly pertaining to their pay and allowances and post retiral benefits.

4. On 6th February 1986, PRL circulated a notice to its staff members stating that the Government of India had decided that the autonomous bodies which are financed by the Government of Indi