JUDGMENT:

1. By Order dated 1st March 2023, Petitions were directed to be heard finally at the admission stage.

2. Rule. Mr. Chetan Mali waives service for respondents. Rule made returnable forthwith. Taken up for final disposal.

3. All these four petitions arise out of the common Judgment and Order dated 12th August 2022 passed by the Presiding Officer, Mumbai University and College Tribunal, deciding three appeals filed by three Assistant Professors working with Vidyavardhini’s College of Engineering and Technology, Vasai Road, District Palghar. By the common Judgment and Order, termination orders of all three Assistant Professors are quashed and set aside, and they are directed to be reinstated as confirmed employees from the date of the impugned order with continuity of service. The Tribunal has ordered payment of 50% back wages to Tarranum Khan and Manisha Dhanokar. So far as Aniket Akhade is concerned, he is held not entitled to back wages. Hence, the management and the college, i.e. original opponents nos. 1 and 2 (for convenience referred to as management), have filed the three Writ Petitions challenging the said common Judgment and Order. The fourth writ petition is filed by