N.V. Anjaria, J.

1. These petitions involved similar facts and identical issues. They were heard together to be disposed of by this common judgment. The arguments were raised in Special Civil Application No. 6953 of 2017 in which the pleadings were complete and in Special Civil Application No. 11445 of 2017. Civil Application No. 14570 of 2017 filed in Special Civil Application No. 6953 of 2017 as also Civil Application No. 14636 of 2017 filed in Special Civil Application No. 6937 of 2017 which were for vacating interim relief would not survive in view of deliverance of this judgment. As far as Civil Application No. 15013 of 2017 is concerned, the applicant was a selectee and wanted to be joined as party-respondent in Special Civil Application No. 6953 of 2017. Looking to the status of the applicant vis-à-vis the controversy and the dispute in the petition, it could not be denied that the applicant has a direct interest in the outcome of the petition. Therefore, the applicant being an interested person to be necessary and proper party, is permitted to be joined as party-respondent in Special Civil Application No. 6953 of 2017 by allowing the Civil Application No. 15013 of