1. In this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner challenges the framing of a question paper for the Delhi Judicial Service (DJS) Preliminary Examination, 2014 by the first respondent, the Delhi High Court, as being contrary to the law laid down in the case of Gunjan Sinha Jain v. Registrar General High Court of Delhi, in W.P.(C). No. 449/2012.

2. The writ petitioner is a law graduate who, in accordance with an advertisement dated 18.2.2014 for recruitment to the Delhi Judicial Service (“DJS”), took the exam held on 1.6.2014. 80 vacancies were advertised, of which 55 were for the General Category of candidates. The exam was to comprise of three parts, the preliminary exam, the main exam and the interview, and a candidate was required to secure a minimum of 60%, or 120 marks out of 200, and obtain a rank within ten times the number of vacancies advertised (“the requisite number”), to be eligible for the main exam after the preliminary exam. An answer key was published by a public notice on 9.6.2014 and objections were invited to the proposed answers from the candidates, before 23.6.2014. Accordingly, the petitioner conveyed his object