JUDGMENT

1. The present writ application has been filed by the three petitioners for quashing of Clause 4 (i) of Advertisement No. 01 of 2019, issued under the signature of Deputy Secretary, Bihar Technical Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as 'the Commission'), for appointment on the vacant posts of Junior Engineer (Civil/Mechanical/Electrical), to the extent it provides for grant of weightage by giving additional marks to the candidates having work experience as Junior Engineer (Civil/Mechanical/ Electrical) in Bihar Government or under any undertaking/ corporation/ organization/ authority/ autonomous bodies) of Bihar Government on contract basis only and for a further direction to the Commission to grant similar weightage to the petitioner, having work experience under the Central Government or its instrumentalities.

2. Short facts, giving rise to the present writ application, is that the petitioner no. 1 is working in East Central Railway, petitioner no. 2 is working in I.I.T., Bihta, Patna and petitioner no. 3 is working as S.I./Overseer (JE) in Indo-Tibetan Border Police and had spent a long period in Bihar. The petitioner no. 1 joined the Railways as Junior Engineer