JUDGMENT

Prathiba M. Singh, J. The judgment is pronounced through video-conferencing.

2. The present writ petition has been filed by 20 Petitioners, who are Non-State Civil Service Officers (hereinafter, "Non-SCS") of the State of Rajasthan and are all aspirants for appointment to the Indian Administrative Service (hereinafter, "IAS") of Rajasthan Cadre, for the year 2018, in the Non-SCS Category. They have challenged the letter dated 31st December 2019 issued by the Union Public Service Commission (hereinafter, "UPSC")/Respondent No.1, vide which, their interviews scheduled to be held on 31st December 2019 and 1st January 2020, by the Selection Committee, were cancelled.

3. The stand of the Petitioners is that two members of the Selection Committee who were to be nominated by the Government of India, according to Regulation 3 of the IAS (Appointment by Promotion) Regulations, 1955, were not nominated, because of which, the interviews, that were fixed for 31st December 2019 and 1st January, 2020, had to be cancelled. Thereafter, no steps have been taken to hold these interviews and the four vacancies, which were declared by the State of Rajasthan, have been subsumed in the vacanci