( 1 ) THESE writ petitions and the bunch of connected writ petitions have challenged the validity of the petitioners allocation to the State of Uttaranchal consequent upon the creation of the State of uttaranchal by the U. P. Re-Organisation Act, 2000. All these petitions are being disposed off by a common judgment.

( 2 ) WE have heard the learned Counsel for the petitioners in all these connected petitions. We have also heard Sri B. N. Singh, learned Senior Standing Counsel for the Central Government and the learned Standing Counsel for the State Government.

( 3 ) THE petitioner in Writ Petition No. 52499 of 2002 was selected as an Officer in the Provincial police Service in 1987 Batch. After completing his training he joined the service on 3. 3. 1990 and was initially posted as Deputy Superintendent of Police at Rampur. Presently he is posted as additional Superintendent of Police, District Gautam Budh Nagar.

( 4 ) THE U. P. Re-Organisation Act, 2000 was enacted by Parliament% which the State of U. P. was bifurcated and a new State called uttaranchal1 Was created. Since a new State was being created obviously some U. P. Government employees had to be allocated to the