Biswanath Somadder, J.

This writ petition has been filed by four individuals who participated in a recruitment process conducted by the Public Service Commission, West Bengal. They sat in the West Bengal Judicial Service Examination, 2014, on the basis of an advertisement bearing no. 04/2014 issued by the Public Service Commission, West Bengal. In the said advertisement, the vacancy position was declared as follows:

"Vacancy: Existing - 39 & Anticipated - 25 = 64 [Unreserved - 42, SC - 06, ST - 03, BC Category A - 06, BC Category B - 05, PWD - 02]."

2. A select list of 117 candidates who qualified on the basis of the results of the West Bengal Judicial Service Examination, 2014 was announced by the Public Service Commission, West Bengal, on 24th December, 2014. As per record, the petitioner no.1 - Moumita Sen - was placed under serial no.38; the petitioner no.2 - Chitrita Roy - was placed under serial no.44; the petitioner no.3 - Ankan Basu - was placed under serial no.36; and the petitioner no.4 - Jahangir Alam Dewan - was placed under serial no.87. The Public Service Commission, West Bengal, also separately published lists of 25 candidates who were recommended against unre