Dharmadhikari, J.--This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India shall decide the connected batch of petitions Nos. W.P. 2059/99 (Ravi Thakur & others v. Union of India & others), W.P. 1984/99 (Rajendra Soni v. The State of M.P. & others), W.P. 2080/99 (Ajay Shrivastava v. State of M.P. & others), W.P. 2082/99 Thakur Dutt Sharma & others v. State of M.P & others, W.P. 2084/99 (Kanchan Singh Chouhan v. State of M.P. & others). W.P. 2085/99 (Dilawar Khan & others v. State of M.P. & others), WP 2087/99 (Muinuddin v. State of M.P. & others), W.P. 2124/99 (Jagdish Prasad Jaiswal & others) v. State of M.P. & others), W.P. 2131/99 (Chhotebl Choudhary v. State of M:P.), W.P. 2152/99 (Sita Prasad Tripathi v. State of M.P. & others), W.P. 2154/99 (Mithilesh Kumar Mishra & others v. Union of India & others), W.P. 2159/99 (Bhagwat Prasad Mahere v. State of MP & others. W.P. 2161/99 (Pooran Patak v. State of M.P. & others), W.P. 2184/99) (Govind Lal Sahu v. State of M.P. & others) W.P. 2222/99 (Ganesh Singh Patel & others v. State of M.P. & 2 others), W.P. 2242/99 (Ram Babu Dhakad & another v. State of M.P. others), W.P. 2245/99 (Lakhanlal & another v. State of M.P. & others