JUDGMENT :

1. By way of present group of petitions, the petitioners have challenged inaction on the part of the respondents seeking following relief/s:-

2. In Special Civil Application Nos. 10552, 10553, 10555, 10556 and 10557 of 2016, the petitioners have prayed for below mentioned relief/s:-

"(a) YOUR LORDSHIPS be pleased to issue the writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction of this Hon'ble Court and be pleased to quash and set aside the action of the respondent numbers 1 and 2 in transferring the service of the petitioner to the intermediary agency engaged by way of outsourcing i.e. the respondent no. 3 and thereby depriving the petitioner the benefits attached to the direct employment with the state authorities and also the benefits of past service rendered with the state authorities.

(b) YOUR LORDSHIPS be pleased to issue the writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ, order or direction of this Hon'ble Court and be pleased to direct the respondent numbers 1, 2, and 4 to revise the pay of the petitioner with all the consequential benefits as per the relevant notifications and resolutions of the state government.

(c) YOUR LORDSHIPS be pleased to iss