JUDGMENT :

HIRANMAY BHATTACHARYYA, J.

1. Both the writ petitions were heard analogously as common questions of law and fact arise therein.

2. The respondent no. 1 in WPST no. 61 of 2020 (for short “WPST-1”) filed an original application being Original Application no. 293 of 2017 (for short “O.A. 1”) challenging the selection process initiated by the Public Service Commission (for short “PSC”) for recruitment of Principal in Government Primary Teachers’ Training Institute in West Bengal (for short “the GPTTI”).

3. The respondent no. 1 in WPST No. 62 of 2020 (for short “WPST-2”) filed the Original Application being no. 292 of 2017 (for short “O.A. 2”) before the West Bengal Administrative Tribunal challenging the selection process initiated by the Public Service Commission for recruitment of Principal in GPTTI in West Bengal.

4. The learned Tribunal by separate judgments and orders both dated 14.02.2020 allowed the O.A. 1 and O.A. 2 by directing the PSC to recommend the name of the original applicants to the Secretary, School Education Department for the posts of Principal in the GPTTI under OBC (A) and Schedule Caste category respectively.

5. Being aggrieved against the aforesaid judgment