PER BHAWANI SINGH. CHIEF JUSTICE (ORAL):

1. This group of eleven Appeals (LPA No.300/1997, Ghulam Ahmad Paul Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors; LPA No.292/1997, Gh. Nabi Shah Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir; LPA No.293/1997, Mohammad Amin Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others; LPA No.294/1997, Bashir Ahmad Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others; LPA No.295/1997, Abdul Hamid Naik Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others; LPA No.296/1997, Mohammad Tayoob Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others; LPA No.297/1997, Shamraz Ahmad Khan Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others; LPA No.298/ 1997, Ct. Mohammad Yousuf Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others; LPA No.299/1997, Gh. Mohammad Wani Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others; LPA No.301/1997, Gh. Mohammad Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and Others and LPA No.302/1997, Gh. Mohi-ud-Din Vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and others) is proposed to be decided by common judgment, since they arise out of the same judgment of single judge dated July 15, 1997. Before adverting to the question involved for determination in these cases, desirability would be to narrate essential facts of the case.

2. Petitioners were Constables, Sg. Con

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