Point of Law: Even if some persons have been given the opportunity to produce their documents, which cannot be said to be in accordance with the provisions of the terms of the advertisement, the same would be of no help to the case of the petitioner herein. The Court finds no merit in this contention also of the petitioner and the same is rejected.

JUDGMENT :

PARTHA SARTHY, J.

1. Heard Mr. Ravindra Kumar Shukla, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Lalit Kishore, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Satyabir Bharti, learned counsel for the Bihar Public Service Commission, Mr. Piyush Lal, learned counsel for the Patna High Court and Mr. Y.V. Giri, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Mr. Pranav Kumar, learned counsel for the private respondents.

2. The petitioners have filed the instant writ application for the following reliefs:-

“(i) For issuance of a Writ of Certiorari for quashing the final result of the 30th Bihar Judicial Services Competitive Examination declared on 29.11.2019 issued by Joint Secretary-cum-Examination Controller pursuant to advertisement no. 06/2018 dated 23.08.2018 for appointment to Civil Judge (Junior Division) to the extent to which the candidature of the petitioners have been cancelled arbitrarily by the commission for non-production of some original documents at the time of interview despite the excellent performance of the petitioners in the entire selection process.

(ii) For issuance of order/direction/Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writs to direct the respondent commission to immediately allow and process the candidature of the petitioners who had submitted all requisite documents showing their eligibility for appointment to the post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) and thereafter they were allowed to appear in the interview and thereafter their medical was also conducted.

(iii) For issuance or order/direction or writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writs directing the respondent authority to release the final marks of the petitioners before further appointment process takes place.

(iv) For issuance of order/direction or Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate Writs directing the respondent authority that if the petitioners qualify for the final list of candidates in the 30th Bihar Judicial Services Competitive Examination, declare them successful and include them in the final merit list or in an addendum list of successful candidates.

(v) For issuance of order/direction or Writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writs directing the respondent commission to prepare and publish the updated/revised result of the 30th Bihar Judicial Services Competitive Examination after considering the candidature of the petitioners since, in sheer violation of the Principle of Natural Justice, the candidature of the petitioners have been cancelled by the Commission unilaterally and arbitrarily without affording any opportunity to the petitioners to clarify any of the objections on the basis of which their candidature was cancelled by the Commission.

(vi) For issuance of order/direction or appropriate writ for directing the respondent authority to keep 03 post of Civil Judge (Junior Division) vacant during the pendency of the present writ application and further for restraining the commission from making recommendation either in unreserved category or reserved category until disposal of the present writ application.

(vii) This Hon'ble Court is further prayed to adjudicate and hold that the action of the respondent authority withholding the result and cancelling the candidature of the petitioners is highly arbitrary, illegal, cavalier and contrary to the principles of justice and fair play.

(viii) Any other appropriate writ/writs be issued, order/orders be passed, direction/directions be given in the facts and circumstances of this case for which the petitioner may be found entitled.”

3. The case of the petitioners in brief is that the respondent Bihar Public Service Commission (hereinafter refer to as ‘the Commission’) came out with Advertisement no. 6 of 2018 for holding the 30th Bihar Judicial Services Competitive Examination for filling up 349 vacant posts of Civil Judge (Junior Division). All the petitioners appeared in the preliminary examination conducted by the Commission in two parts on 27.11.2018 and 28.11.2018. Having cleared the prelimin