JAGAT NARAYAN, J.—These are three writ petitions under Art. 226 of the Constitution by three permanent member? of the Rajasthan Administrative Service directed against an order of the Government of Rajasthan compulsory retiring them from service under Rule 244(3) of the Rajasthan Service Rules with effect from 1.1.1960 without giving them an opportunity of showing cause against it. They can conveniently be disposed of by one judgment as the main ground taken in all of them is the same, namely that the order retiring them compulsory from service before the age of superannuation is void and inoperative as it was passed without giving them an opportunity of showing cause against it. The petitions were contested on behalf of the State,

2. The relevant part of the impugned order runs as follows?—

"The following officers are retired compulsorily from the Government Service, in the public interest, under Rule 244(2) Rajasthan Service Rules, with effect from the 1st January 1960:—

(1) Shri Ganga Ram Purohit, R.A.S.

(2) Shri Sohan Lal Surana, R.A.S.

(3) Shri Amar Nath Purohit, R.A.S."

Rule 244 of the Rajasthan Service Rules is reproduced below: —

Optional retirement after completing 30 years of se

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