Tarlok Singh Chauhan, J.

Since these petitions can be disposed of by a common judgment, therefore, they are being taken up together for disposal.

2. This batch of writ petitions can be categorized into two sets. One set pertains to the cases where the petitioners were sent on secondment and have joined without raising any objection. This set comprises of the following writ petitions:

CWP Nos. 1617, 1622, 1624, 1658, 1743, 1744, 1745, 1748, 1749 and CWP No. 1750 of 2015.

3. The second set of petitions is those where the petitioners immediately on the issuance of order of secondment, approached this Court and obtained interim relief. This set comprises of the following writ petitions:

CWP Nos. 1098 of 2015, 3238 of 2014, 1099, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1124, 1755, 1756, 1757 and 1758 of 2015.

4. It is not in dispute that in all these cases the petitioners are beldars whose services have been placed beyond the parent cadre by way of secondment.

5. The challenge to these orders of secondment is common to both sets of petitions and it is alleged that the impugned order(s) is/are illegal, arbitrary and unconstitutional on the ground that the petitioners con