Hon’ble Anjani Kumar, J.—By means of three writ petitions, which raise common question of facts and law, therefore, are being decided by a common judgment.

2. The petitioners who are recruited as Police Constable (Civil) by the respondents on different dates have challenged their transfer order transferring them from civil police to armed police and according to the statement made by the petitioner, the same is in contravention of Regulation 525 of U.P. Police Regulations and cannot be done therefore, the order deserve to be quashed. Leaned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that according to the provisions of Regulation 525, only those Constables of Civil Police can be transferred to Armed Police who have to their credit more than two years’ and less than ten years’ service with the prior permission of Deputy Inspector General of Police. It is submitted that meaning thereby the Civil Police Constable who has completed 10 years service cannot be transferred to armed police and any transfer contrary to the provisions of Regulation 525 is bad in law, arbitrary and illegal apart from being malafide.

3. Learned Counsel for the petitioners has relied upon number of decisions of