JUDGMENT

C.K. THAKKER, J.

1. I.A. 1 of 2007 in and S.L.P. (C) No. CC No. 5233 of 2007 seeking permission to file SLP is allowed.

2. Leave granted in all the Special Leave Petitions.

3. The present appeals are filed against the judgment and order passed by a Single Judge of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir on November 10, 2006 in Original Writ Petition No. 442 of 2005 and cognate matters and confirmed by the Division Bench on December 28, 2006 in Letter Patent Appeal (OW) No. 70 of 2006. By the said order, the learned Single Judge partly allowed writ petitions filed by the petitioners and issued certain directions to Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission

4. To appreciate the controversy centered round the litigation, few relevant facts may be noted.

5. Selection process was initiated by the Jammu & Kashmir Public Service Commission ('Commission' for short) for filling up 132 posts of eighteen Gazetted Services as notified on April 1, 2005 by Jammu & Kashmir Combined Competitive Examination. The examination was held on July 3, 2005. The appellants-writ- petitioners appeared for the Preliminary Examinat