ORDER :

Pushpendra Singh Bhati, J.

1. In wake of instant surge in COVID-19 cases and spread of its highly infectious Omicron variant, the lawyers have been advised to refrain from coming to the Courts.

2. Since the controversy involved in all these writ petitions is common, thus, are decided by a common order; Ramji Lal Kulhari being the lead case.

3. The petitioners have preferred these writ petitions, in sum and substance, for the following reliefs:-

SBCWP No. 85/2020:

"To issue an appropriate writ and direct the respondents to grant one notional increment to the petitioner with effect from 1.7.2019, on rendering 12 months service and re-fix his pension taking into account the same and revise all his pensionary benefits and make payments of the consequential arrears thereof, along with interest as per mandatory provisions for grant of interest on delayed payment of retiral benefits, under Rule 89 of RSR. Any adverse order, if passed, on the pending notice for demand of justice may also be quashed."

4. The factual matrix of case in brief is that the petitioner was initially appointed on the post of Vehicle Driver on 5.8.1996 and posted in Prathmic Health Centre at Bhansali (Rajgarh). His