JUDGMENT :

Vibhu Bakhru, J.

1. The petitioners have filed the present petitions impugning the final answer keys of the Delhi Judicial Service Preliminary Examination, which was declared after considering the objections raised by various candidates. According to the petitioners, answers to certain questions are not the appropriate answers and therefore, evaluation of the answer sheets is flawed.

2. The petitioners have been unsuccessful in being shortlisted to appear for the Delhi Judicial Service Mains Examination as the marks secured by them in the preliminary examination fall short of the specified threshold. The petitioners state that if they are awarded the marks in respect of certain questions, which they claim were the most appropriate answers but were evaluated otherwise, they would clear the threshold of marks necessary to be eligible to appear for the main examination. The petitioners also claim that certain questions are erroneous and therefore, all candidates must be granted marks for the same.

3. The petitioners impugn the list of shortlisted candidates and pray that the same be modified on the basis of re-evaluation of the answer key. The final answer keys for the ‘Questio