ORDER :

Pratap Krishna Lohra, J.

1. Petitioners, in these writ petitions, have essentially voiced their grievances against decision dated 27th June, 2016 of the respondent National Law University, Jodhpur (for short, 'NLU') besides claiming other consequential/ancillary reliefs. In order to seek complete redressal of their afflictions, the petitioners have also felt necessity to challenge vires of the University Service Regulations, 2001 (hereinafter referred to as 'Service Regulations'), and therefore, at their behest, Regulations 5 & 6 of the Regulations and amended/inserted Regulations 37 & 38 are questioned in the petitions. That apart, validity of Regulation 2(1) (d) of the Provident Fund Regulations (promulgated by NLU under Section 22 of the Schedule appended to National Law University Act, 1999) (for short, 'PF Regulations') too is assailed.

2. The ritualistic factual matrix, common in all these petitions, unfurls that initial appointment of all the three petitioners pursuant to selection was on contract basis. Petitioner Dr. Manmeeta having qualification of Ph.D. (Physics