(1.) Heard the learned Senior Counsel Sri. Prabhuling Navadgi and the learned counsel Sri. M. Shiva Prasad on behalf of the petitioners and the learned Senior Counsel Sri. Sreevatsa on behalf of the respondents.
(2.) As a common question of law and common facts are involved, all the three petitions are taken up together for disposal by this common order.
(3.) Brief facts are as follows:-