JUDGMENT :

SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.

1. In these Petitions, Petitioners assail various orders passed by the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal, Mumbai (Tribunal), in Original Applications instituted by them questioning the correctness of answer key/revised answer key in respect of several questions in preliminary examination conducted by the Maharashtra Public Service Commission (MPSC) for State Civil Services Examination, 2022.

2. For some of the Petitioners, this is the second round of litigation. In Writ Petitions Nos.15938 of 2022 and 368 of 2023, the Tribunal had proceeded to dismiss and Original Applications by Applicants therein by the judgment and order dated November 24, 2022. They had questioned revised answer key to question Nos.48, 20, 89 before the Tribunal. The Presenting Officer appearing for the State Government made a statement before the Tribunal that question No.48 was deleted by the MPSC and on that count, the Tribunal proceed to ignore the challenge to the revised answer key to question No.48. When Tribunal’s order was questioned before this Court in Writ Petition