Honble SHARMA, J.–The grievance projected by the petitioners in all these petitions is more or less identical. All the petitioners are the employees of the Avas Vikas Sansthan (for short AVS). Before dealing with the controversy raised in the writ petitions few background facts are necessary to be incorporated.

(2). In the year 1988 National Housing Policy was placed before the Parliament, where it was recommended to establish building centres in different parts of the country. The decision/guidelines were circulated to all the Chief Secretaries of the States on August 12, 1988. The State of Rajasthan issued a direction to the Rajasthan Housing Board to implement the centrally sponsored scheme for establishment of building centres. A decision was taken in its 139th meeting of the Rajasthan Housing Board (in short the RHB) to set up building centres and it was decided to form a separate society in the name of Avas Vikas Sansthan (AVS). The scheme was formulated by the RHB in collaboration with Housing Urban Development Corporation (in short HUDCO) and AVS came to be registered with the Registrar Societies on November 17, 1988.

(3). On June 13, 1989 a direction was issued by the RHB th

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