AJAY KUMAR TRIPATHI, J.

1. Heard Counsel for the parties.

2. The bunch of appeals arise out of a common order passed by the learned Single Judge on 07.07.2017. Since common questions of law arose from identical facts, they all got clubbed and heard together.

3. Prayer made before the writ Court on behalf of the Appellants was to consider their cases for appointment on the post of Assistant Professors and Lecturers in different disciplines in Government Engineering Colleges and Government Polytechnic Colleges, respectively.

4. An advertisement No. 3/15 dated 09.07.2015 was published on 15.07.2015 by the Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission. The advertisement laid down the basic qualification in relation to the posts of Assistant Professors and Lecturers of the respective disciplines. Based on the response, the exercise for recruitment was carried out and we are now told that all the appointments have been made, though some vacancies still remain.

5. The Appellants who were Petitioners before the writ Court argued that the various educational qualification which they possess are equivalent to what was advertised in the advertisement and therefore, they had due eligibility for