NAGENDRA RAI, J.

1. As the common question of facts and law are involved in all the aforesaid three cases they have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The petitioners, numbering 103 in C.W.J.C. No. 9746 of 1994 and the sole petitioner in C.W.J.C. No. 10014/94, have filed the applications for quashing the result of the 39th combined Competitive (Preliminary) Examination conducted by the Bihar Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred as the "Commission") for filling up the posts under different services under the State Government which has been published in Daily Newspaper, 'Aaj' on 9.10.1994. A copy of the same has been annexed as Annexure 1 in C.W.J.C. No. 9746/94.

C.W.J.C. No. 10171/94 has been filed by the 7 successful candidates in Preliminary test of the said Competitive Examination for quashing the revised syllabus for main examination, i.e. 39th Combined Competitive Examination, as well as for conducting the examination on the basis of the old syllabus and fixing the date of main examination according to convenience of the successful candidates.

2. An advertisement was published in the Newspaper 'Aaj' on 10.5.1994 inviting a