JUDGMENT :

D.N. PATEL, J.

1. This petition has been preferred with the following prayers:-

(a) issue an appropriate direction, order or writ in the nature of mandamus quashing/setting aside the Impugned Rule notified by the First Respondent on 27.07.2016 as it is ultra vires the Act and the Constitution;

(b) issue an appropriate direction, order or writ in the nature of certiorari quashing/setting aside the Impugned Communication dated 05.10.2016 passed by the Second Respondent;

(c) Issue any other appropriate writ, order or directions as this Hon'ble Court deems fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.”

2. Learned Senior Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the impugned order dated 05.10.2016 passed by the respondent deserves to be quashed and set aside on various grounds. It is also submitted by the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioner that if the impugned order is quashed and set aside on grounds other than the ground pertaining to constitutional validity, the petitioner is not pressing the ground pertaining to constitutional validity, at this stage.

3. Having heard learned counsel for both the sides and looking into the facts and circumstances of t