1. All these writ petitions being directed against identically similar Govt. orders emanating from the same administrative process and resulting in premature/compulsory retirement orders against writ petitioners have been clubbed and heard together and are accordingly bunched up for disposal under this common judgment.

2. To gather the circumstantial backdrop of these petitions, the following para(s) may be borrowed from the judgment passed by this bench in a connected case (SWP 1965/03) on 27.12.2005: -

"...With declared purpose of weeding out dead wood from public administration to improve efficiency, the Government vide circular No. 7-GAD of 2004 dated 7-5-2004, urged upon all Heads of Departments to start process of periodical review of the performance of officers/officials under their control and record appropriate remarks in their APRs. By another circular No. 5-GAD of 2003 dated 29-1-2003; all concerned were impressed upon to apprise General Administration Department about the follow up action taken. In continuation vide order No. 306-GAD of 2003 dated 5-3-2003, Government accorded sanction to constitution of a Committee comprising of Financial Commissioner Home, Pr. Secretary

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