JUDGMENT

Common Order

Munishwar Nath Bhandari, CJ.

1. In the batch of five writ petitions, a challenge is made to G.O.Ms.No.34, Agriculture (AA3) Department, dated 17.2.2015, amending Rule 2(b) of the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Engineering Service [for brevity, “the Special Rules”]

2. Pending the aforesaid writ petitions, an interim order was passed on 31.8.2015 in W.P.No.27211 of 2015 to the following effect:

“Challenge in this writ petition is to the Government Order in G.O.Ms.No.34, Agriculture (AA3) Department dated 17.02.2015 by which an amendment has been issued to the Special Rules for the Tamil Nadu Agricultural Engineering Service Rules, giving retrospective effect to the ratio of 1:3:1 for the post of Assistant Executive Engineer, from 1 st April 2011

 2. Material on record shows that earlier when Tamil Nadu Agricultural Engineers Association represented by its President and Junior Engineers filed W.P.Nos.15795 and 17532 of 2015, by a common order dated 30.06.2015, a Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court has ordered notice of motion, returnable in three weeks and in the meantime, directed that the respondents shall not do anything that would take away