ORDER 1. Permission to file Special Leave Petition(s) is granted. 2. Delay condoned. 3. Application(S) for substitution is/are allowed. 4. Leave granted. 5. The appeals are partly allowed in the light of the decision of this Court rendered on 17.11.2017 in Civil Appeal Nos. 19354 of 2017 (Rajender Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Haryana & Ors.) and batch. 6. The instant appeals have been filed with an effective delay of 1165 days. It is made clear that the appellant(s) shall not be entitled for any interest for the period of delay in approaching the High Court as well as this Court. 7. Pending interlocutory application(s), if any, is/are disposed of.