1. Heard Mr. S Kataki, learned counsel for the petitioners in WP(C) No. 3658/2013 Mr. SS Dey, learned Senior counsel for the petitioners in WP(C) No. 2369/2013 and WP(C) 2371/2013, Mr. SS Goswami, learned counsel for the petitioner in WP(C) No. 5073/2014 and WP(C) No.5076/2014, Mr. BD Konwar, learned Senior counsel for the petitioners in WP(C) No.5559/2014 and WP(C) 3999/2014, Mr. DK Saikia, learned counsel for the petitioners in WP(C) No. 2937/2013, WP(C) No. 3799/2013, WP(C) No. 3807/2017, WP(C) No. 3811/2013, WP(C) No. 3895/2013, WP(C) No. 4029/2013 and WP(C) No.4820/2013. Also heard Mr. D Saikia, learned Senior Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr. P. Nayak, learned Standing Counsel for the Finance Department and Mr. N. Sarma as well as Mr. S.P. Bhattacharjee, learned Standing Counsel for the Education Department.

2. The learned counsel for the writ petitioners in the other writ petition had adopted the arguments led by the aforementioned counsel and have not made any independent or distinct submission of their own.

3. The core facts leading to this batch of writ petitions can be culled out from the various writ petitions as well as the submissions of diff