JUDGMENT :

A.S. SUPEHIA, J.

1. Since the common issue is involved in the present writ petitions, the same are heard and decided analogously by the common judgment and order.

2. All the writ petitioners were appointed as Vidhyut Sahayak (Junior Engineers) in the respondent-Company on contractual basis/the petitioners have prayed for directions directing the respondent-Company to permanently appoint them on the post of Vidhyut Sahayak (Junior Engineers) and restrain the respondent-Company from relieving them from the service.

3. It is the case of the petitioners that the respondent-Company had appointed them through the recruitment process, after issuance of advertisement on contractual basis and they could not have been relieved from service without prior notice.

4. Learned advocate Mr. Nanavati appearing for the petitioners has submitted that the petitioners were selected in the selection process conducted pursuant to the advertisement issued in 2010 and their contract was subsequently extended/renewed, establishes the fact that the petitioners are qualified for the selection/recruitment and there is no justification in terminating the service of the petitioners. It is submitted that an