G.S.SINGHVI, J.

1. These two petitions have been filed by the employees of Sant Longowal Engineering and Technology Society, Longowal, District Sangrur, for quashing the letter No. 78 dated 14-1-1997 and orders Annexures P2/1 to P2/25 (attached with Annexure P-2 in C.W.P. No. 1257 of 1997) and Annexures P2/1 to P2/16 (attached with Annexure P-2 in C.W.P. No. 1258 of 1997). In view of the identical nature of relief claimed in the two petitions we are deciding them by a common order.

2. FACTS:The petitioners of both the petitions are employed against different posts in the service of Sant Longowal Institute of Engineering and Technology Society, Longowal (for short the Institutes). The Institute is registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1960. Vide letters dated 14-1-1997 and 17-1-1997 written respectively by the Returning Officer, 85 Dhanola Vidhan Sabha constituency, Sangrur and the SubDivisional Officer (Civil) Returning Officer, 88 Sunam Vidhan Sabha constituency to the Institute these officers conveyed the decision of the District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, Sangrur. regarding the appointment of the employees of the Institute as Presiding Officers/