Pramath Patnaik, J.

1. Since similar issues are involved in all the writ petitions and the prayer in the aforesaid writ petitions pertains to termination from services by the decision of the Executive Council of the Central University of Jharkhand, with the consent of the respective counsels these writ petitions are heard together and are being disposed of by common order/judgment.

2. In the accompanied writ applications, the petitioners have inter alia prayed for quashing the letter dated 16.09.2013 issued by the Registrar, Central University of Jharkhand pertaining to discharge the petitioners from services with effect from 14.09.2013, and for issuance of writ/directions commanding upon the respondents to forthwith reinstate the petitioners on their original posts and also for issuance of writ/direction to declare that so called notification dated 05.08.2013 issued in purported compliance of amended Statute 11 of the Central Universities Act, 2009 having no legal enforceability because of non publication of the Official Gazette as required under Section 43 of the Central Universities Act, 2009.

3. The factual matrix, as has been delineated in the writ applications, in a nu