Hon’ble Suneet Kumar, J.—Heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Abhishek Srivastava, Sri Seemant Singh, Sri Anil Kumar Mehrotra and Ms. Shreya Gupta, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, Sri Ajit Kumar Singh, learned Additional Advocate General, Dr. Y.K. Srivastava, learned Chief Standing Counsel, Sri Rama Nand Pandey, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel, appearing for the State-respondent.

2. The batch of writ petitions involve common question of law and are based on similar facts, on consent, are being heard and decided together.

3. Petitioners by the instant writ petitions seek a writ of mandamus declaring sub-section (5) of Section 3 of the Uttar Pradesh Public Services (Reservation For Physically Handicapped, Dependents Of Freedom Fighters And Ex-servicemen) Act, 1993 (Reservation Act, 1993), ultra-vires of the Constitution, consequently, seek quashing of clause 8 of the impugned notification dated 16 July 2015, whereby, 2312 post of constables reserved on horizontal basis has been carried forward for subsequent selection. Pe