ORDER

Mittal, C.J. -- 1. This order shall dispose of a bunch of 37 writ petitions preferred by the petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India bearing WP Nos.7373, 7389, 7472, 7473, 7474, 7490, 7520, 7567, 7576, 7577, 7578, 7738, 7764, 7767, 7771, 7804, 7805, 7808, 7810, 7811, 7812, 7815, 7867, 7918, 8016, 8084, 8131, 8137, 8139, 8153, 8159, 8160, 8259, 8260, 8363, 8365 and 8575 of 2020, as learned counsel for the parties are agreed that common questions of fact and law are involved therein. However, the facts are being extracted from WP No.7373/2020 wherein the auction process conducted by the respondents for grant of licence for the retail liquor shops has been called in question by the petitioners and further directions have been sought against the respondents to revalue the same; restrain them to issue licences to the petitioners; refund the money deposited by the petitioners and further to set aside the offers made by the petitioners and acceptance thereof by the respondents-State. In W.P. Nos.7520, 7567, 7576, 7578, 8259 and 8260 of 2020, the petitioners, in