Ashok Bhushan, J.

These appeals raise common questions of law and facts and hence, were heard together and decided by this common judgment. W.A. No. 1381 of 2006 has been filed against the judgment dated 1.3.2006 in W.P.(C) No. 23692 of 2005, whereas, all other appeals have been filed against the common judgment of the learned Single Judge dated 13.9.2007 delivered in W.P.(C) No. 21379 of 2006 and seven other writ petitions of 2007. All the writ petitions arise out of the orders passed by the Kerala Lok Ayukta deciding the complaints. It shall be sufficient to note in detail the facts in W.A. No. 1381 of 2006 and facts in W.A. No. 86 of 2008 for deciding all the other writ appeals.

W.A. No. 1381 of 2006

2. Nine policemen of the District Armed Reserve Police, Thiruvananthapuram were dismissed by order of the Government dated 26.6.1974 in exercise of power under sub clause (c) of the proviso to Clause (2) of Article 311 of the Constitution of India. Ali Akbar, the husband of the first respondent - Abida Beevi, was also one of the nine policemen, who were dismissed by order dated 26.6.1974. The dismissal order of nine policemen were not challenged before any court or any author