D. Murugesan, J.

1. In all these Writ Appeals, the Appellants question the common order of the learned Single Judge dismissing the Writ Petitions filed by them.

2. The factual matrix of the grievance espoused in these Writ Appeals are as follows: The Appellants herein are working as Assistants in Various Panchayats, namely Respondent No.3 in the respective Writ Appeals, in the Madurai West Panchayat Union, Madurai. On the allegation that during the Years 1994-95 and 1995-96, they have committed irregularities in distribution of uniforms to the employees of the respective Panchayats, Charge Memos were issued to them during the Year 2005. The said Charge Memos were questioned by the respective Appellants before the Writ Court, primary on the following grounds:

.(a) The alleged occurrence in question had taken place during the Years 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 and the Charge Memos were issued only after 10 Years and there was no explanation for such an inordinate delay, thereby serious prejudice had been caused to each of the Appellants.

.(b) The Charge Memos themselves indicate the proposed punishment of dismissal and as such the issue was prejudged warranting only orders