H.N. Nagamohan Das, J.—Petitioners in all these writ petitions are unsuccessful candidates in the main examination conducted by the respondents for recruitment of Civil Judges. Respondents are common in all these writ petitions. Different prayers are made in different writ petitions. The sum and substance of the prayers in all these writ petitions is as under:

(i) To issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to re-total the marks secured by the petitioners;

(ii) To issue a writ in the nature of mandamus to furnish Xerox copies of answer scripts written by the petitioners;

(iii) For a writ of mandamus to revalue the answer scripts of the petitioners in failed subjects in terms of the representations given by them;

(iv) To quash the entire process of conducting the main written examination insofar as petitioners are concerned on the ground that Kannada question papers are not furnished;

(v) To quash the main examination of Law Paper II under the heading "Frame proper and necessary issues with the following pleadings" assigned 25 marks and to direct to issue fresh question paper to that extent.

Respondents issued notification on 6-8-2011 inviting applications fro