THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE SRI ANIL R. DAVE AND THE HON'BLE SRI JUSTICE RAMESH RANGANATHAN WRIT PETITION NOs.15221, 15270, 15290 and 15316 of 2009 COMMON ORDER: (per the Hon'ble the Chief Justice Sri Anil R. Dave) Rule. Service of notice is waived by learned Standing Counsel for the respondents in each petition. As the legal submissions made in all these petitions are common, at the request of the learned Advocates, all these petitions have been taken up for hearing together. Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioners has submitted that the impugned orders passed by respondent No.4 – appellate authority are not speaking orders because the submissions made by the representatives of the petitioners were neither considered nor dealt with in the impugned orders. We have heard the learned Advocates and have perused the impugned orders. Upon persual of the impugned orders, we find that the appellate authority - respondent No.4 has not discussed any of the submissions made on behalf of the petitioners in the impugned orders. In the circumsances, we quash the impugned orders dt.31.3.2009 in W.P. No.15221 of 2009, dt.30.4.2009 in W.P. No.15270 of 2009, dt.23.5.2009 in W.P. No.15290 of2009 and 20.5.2009 in W.P. No.15316 of 2009. Learned Advocates have agreed that the petitioners' representatives can be heard by respondent No.4 on 24.8.2009 so that after hearing the representatives of the petitioners and looking to the facts of the case, the appeals pending before respondent No.4 can be disposed of. 2 Learned Advocate appearing for the petitioners has waived service of notice for the aforestated date of hearing and therefore respondent No.4 need not give any specific notice to the petitioners fixing the aforestated date for hearing. The petitions stand disposed of as allowed with no order as to costs. ANIL R. DAVE, CJ RAMESH RANGANATHAN, J 31.7.2009 bnr