Srikrishna, C.J.

These writ appeals can be conveniently disposed of by a common judgement since they raise the same issue as to the manner of fitment of employees of one bank into another on amalgamation under a scheme falling within the purview of Section 45 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 and the manner of considering the equivalence of the experience of the employees in the transferor bank vis a vis those of the transferee bank. All these appeals arise out of a common judgement dated 30. 11. 1993 delivered by the learned single Judge disposing of the original petitions.

2. The delay is presenting W.A. No. 361 of 1994 against the judgement arising out of O.P.No. 9734 of 1988 is condoned, the appeal is admitted and heard by consent.

3. Truly speaking, contentions urged before us are no longer res integra, having been decided by the judgement of a Division Bench of this court and by a later judgement of the Supreme Court also. We shall, however broadly refer to the facts and the contentions and indicate how they are already decided by the said judgements.

4. For the purpose of delineating the factual matrix, we shall take the facts in W.A. No. 352 of 1994 as illustrativ