R. Sudhakar, J.

1. Through the medium of all these writ petitions, petitioners seek following reliefs (wherever applicable in each respective writ petition) as per their respective disciplines and respective Government Degree Colleges where they are engaged on academic arrangement for fixed term basis:

"(A) Issue WRIT OF CERTIORARI quashing Section 3(b) of the Jammu & Kashmir Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2010 in so far as the said provision excludes the employees appointed initially on academic basis and subsequently on contractual basis being ultra virus the Constitution of India;

(B) Issue WRIT OF MANDAMUS directing and commanding the Respondents to treat the writ petitioners as 'contractual appointees' and consider their respective cases in the writ petitions for regularization of their services as Lecturers in their respective disciplines in Government Degree Colleges in different districts of Jammu Division, with effect from the dates the writ petitioners completed seven years of service as such and otherwise satisfy the conditions of eligibility as laid down in Section 5 of the Jammu & Kashmir Civil Services (Special Provisions) Act, 2010;

(C) WRIT OF CERTIO