JUDGMENT/ORDER :

1. Rule returnable forthwith. Ms. Nidhi Vyas, learned AGP, waives service of rule on behalf of the State-respondents.

2. In these petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the prayers of the petitioners is to issue a writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction, holding that the new defined pension scheme is not applicable to the present petitioners. The prayers of the petitioners is that the petitioners are entitled to for the benefits under the old Pension Scheme/GPF.

3. For the purposes of brevity, facts of Special Civil Application No.8832 of 2019 are discussed.

3.1 An advertisement for the posts of Class-I and Class-II services under the Government of Gujarat was issued by the Gujarat Public Service Commission on 30.10.2000. Amongst other conditions enumerated in the advertisement, one such condition was that the appointees shall be governed by the GPF. It is the case of the petitioners that after the advertisement was issued in the year 2000, after having undergone a selection process through written examinations and oral interviews, the final list of selected candidates was given by the Gujarat Public Service Commission on