JUDGMENT

Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, J. - W.P.(C) No.9539/2021 (preferred by 08 petitioners); W.P.(C) No.9378/2021 (preferred by 24 petitioners), W.P.(C) No.9671/2021 (preferred by 01 petitioner) and W.P.(C) No.9806/2021 (preferred by 01 petitioner) challenge the common order dated March 25, 2021 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (hereinafter, referred to as the `Tribunal') in OA No.255/2021, O.A. No.256/2021 and O.A. No.305/2021, whereby the OAs preferred by the petitioners who were working on contractual basis as Assistant Public Prosecutor in Govt. of NCT of Delhi, seeking age relaxation for regular appointment to the post of Assistant Public Prosecutor, were disposed of as under:

"11. We, therefore, dispose of the OAs directing that the Government of NCT of Delhi shall make its stand very clear as to

(a) whether it wants the UPSC to proceed with the selection of candidates for the posts of APP in accordance with the recruitment rules, as they stand now;

(b) or whether it proposes to amend the rules by acceding to the request of the applicants and thereby wants to discontinue the ongoing process.

(c) Either way, it shall be decided by the responden