( 1 ) THESE three revisional applications have arisen out of three G. R. Cases namely, (1) 3059/75 (A), (2)3059/75 (B) and (3) 3059/75.

( 2 ) THE prosecution case is that Shri Sushil Kumar Datta one of the present petitioners before us appeared in the Indian Administrative Service Examination in 1967 and in the application form of the said examination he mis-represented his caste by falsely declaring himself to be a 'namasudra' and by such false declaration he claimed to be belonging to a scheduled caste community although as a matter of fact, he actually belonged to 'barojibi' caste commonly known as 'baroi' which is not a scheduled caste in West Bengal. By such mis-representation as to his caste he obtained the advantage of the relaxed standard of the examination prescribed for scheduled caste candidates. On the result of the examination held in 1967, Sri Datta was selected by the Union Public Service Commission for appointment in a Class I Central Service and he was actually appointed by the Govt. of India in Class I Customs and Central Excise Service against a vacancy reserved for the scheduled caste candidates. Grievance of the prosecution is t