JUDGMENT :

1. An intervention application, bearing LA. No. 2 of 2020, has been filed by the intervenors in C.W.J.C. No. 7175 of 2020, in support of the writ petition does not merit consideration, as the Patna High Court Rules does not permit intervention in support of the writ petition.

2. In view of the above, LA. No. 2 of 2021 in C.W.J.C. No. 7175 of 2020 is rejected. However, if so advised, the applicants may file separate petition.

3. Since all the writ applications involve the similar issue, with the consent of the parties all the writ applications have been heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

4. Heard Mr. Manan Kumar Mishra, learned senior counsel for the petitioners. Mr. Arup Kumar Chongdar, Mr. P. K. Shahi, learned senior counsel for the intervenors, who were declared successful in the selection process, Mr. Manish Kumar, learned counsel for the State. Mr. Suraj Deo Yadav, learned GA, and Mr. Alok, learned counsel for the Bihar Staff Selection Commission.

5. The petitioners in all these writ applications are working on contractual basis in the H