The impugned order dated 03.10.2012 has been issued by the 1st respondent/Regional Accounts Officer on the basis of the audit objection raised by the audit party that the incentive increment cannot be granted in respect of the degrees which are all not valid as per the University Grants Commission Act and its Regulations. Aggrieved from and out the said order dated 03.10.2012, the writ petitioners are constrained to move these Writ Petitions.

2. The learned counsel for the petitioner in W.P. No. 42675 of 2016 states that the petitioner was appointed as B.T. Assistant and completed his M.Phil degree in the year 2009 from the 5th respondent/Vinayaka Missions University at Salem. The learned counsel for the petitioner in all the Writ Petitions states that based on the applications submitted by the writ petitioners for grant of incentive increment, the same was granted initially to them. However, the incentive increment granted for acquiring the higher educational qualification of M.Phil degree, the Audit Officer raised an objection on the ground that the degree possessed by the writ petitioners were not a valid degree as per the University Grants Commission Act and its Regulatio