JUDGMENT :

1.1 Since the issue involved in all these petitions is same, all these petitions are tagged, heard and disposed of together, with consent of all the learned advocates.

1.2 By way of present petitions, the petitioners seek to direct the respondents authorities to consider them for the post of Police Sub Inspector Mode-3 (Unarmed) from their cadre of Assistant Sub Inspector (Unarmed).

2. Heard Mr.S.I. Nanavati, learned senior advocate with Mr.Maulin G. Pandya and Mr.Shalin Mehta, learned senior advocate with Mr. R.B. Trivedi, learned advocate for the petitioners, Mr.N.K. Majmudar, learned advocate for the proposed petitioners and Mr. Krutik Parikh, learned Assistant Government Pleader for the respondents – State Authorities at length.

3. Rule. Learned AGP waives service of notice of rule for and on behalf of the respondents – State Authorities.

4.1 Learned senior advocate Mr. S.I. Nanavati with learned advocate Mr. Maulin G. Pandya for the petitioners has submitted that all the petitioners are the Unarmed Assistant Sub Inspector.

4.2 As per their case, the issue involved in this group of petitions is that when they appointed on the basis of ad-hoc, whether that period of a