ORDER :

1. All the petitions involve same and similar questions, as such, all these petitions were tagged together at different intervals and were being heard together. Now vide this common order, all the petitions are being disposed of. Petitioners have been serving the Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Viswavidyalaya (hereinafter, ‘respondent-University’) in different capacities and earlier approached this court by filing writ petitions, which were later on transferred to erstwhile Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal and thereafter again to this Court, on abolition of the Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal. Two of the petitions were firstly filed as Original Applications before erstwhile Himachal Pradesh Administrative Tribunal, which also were later on transferred to this Court and re-registered as Civil Writ Petition (Original Application) (CWPOA’s), as detailed in the memo of parties However, for the sake of clarity, facts of CWPOA No. 6113 of 2020, titled Suresh Chander v. Chaudhary Sarwan Kumar Himachal Pradesh Krishi Viswavidyalaya are being discussed herein.

2. Pursuant to decision of the Board of Management (hereinafter, ‘Board’) vide item No. 12(33