JUDGMENT

RAVINDRAN, J These appeals arise from the judgment delivered by the learned single Judge in W.P.(C) No.16865 of 2014. By the said judgment, delivered on 27.03.2015, the learned single Judge set aside Ext.P9 letter dated 06.02.2014 sent by the Government of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, to the Marketing Directors of three public sector oil marketing companies in India namely Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd., and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. The learned single Judge also quashed Ext.P8 letter dated 18.02.2014 sent by the Government of India, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to the President of the first petitioner federation, notwithstanding the absence of a prayer in that regard and directed the respondents in the writ petition to reconsider the matter, after affording the petitioners an opportunity of being heard, in the light of what has been stated in Ext.P7 judgment. The Union of India as well as the three public sector oil marketing companies have, aggrieved thereby, filed these writ appeals. The brief facts of the case are as follows :

2. Way back in the year 2010, existing petroleum dealers in the State of Ker