JUDGMENT :

(Prayer in W.P.No.32977 of 2014: Writ Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, Calling for the records from the respondent bank pertaining to the impugned order of the second respondent bearing No.PAD/Pension/241/2014-2015 dated 02.07.2014 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent bank to extend the petitioner option to join Indian Overseas Bank Employees Pension Regulations, 1995, as laid down in Annexure to Bank Circular No.Misc.No. EST/62/ 2010-11 dated 30.08.2010 with costs.

W.P.No.32978 of 2014: Writ Petition filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, Calling for the records from the respondent bank pertaining to the impugned order of the second respondent bearing No.PAD/Pension/237/2014-2015 dated 02.07.2014 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondent bank to extend the petitioner option to join Indian Overseas Bank Employees Pension Regulations, 1995, as laid down in Annexure to Bank Circular No.Misc.No. EST/62/ 2010-11 dated 30.08.2010 with costs.)

1. The orders impugned, rejecting the claim of the writ petitioners fo