JUDGMENT

L. NAGESWARA RAO, J.

Civil Appeal No.2326 of 2011 and Civil Appeal Nos.2328-2330 of 2011 :

The Appellant is aggrieved by the judgment of the High Court by which the results of the main written examinations of Combined State/Upper Subordinate Service (Backlog/Special Recruitment) Examination, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as “Backlog Examination, 2004”) and Provincial Civil Service (P.C.S.) Examination, 2004 (hereinafter referred to as the “P.C.S. Examination, 2004”) were quashed.

2. An advertisement was issued by the Appellant inviting applications for appointment to posts under the Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services in February, 2004. The preliminary examination was conducted on 19.12.2004 and the results were declared on 30.06.2005. The preliminary examination consisted of two papers namely General Studies and one optional subject. The main written examination was held between 19.12.2005 and 03.01.2006, the results of which were announced on 06.10.2006. In the main written examination, the candidates were required to take two papers of 200 marks each in General Studies, one paper in Hindi and another in English Essay both carrying 150 marks. All these four papers we