( 1 ) IN this group of palliations the petitioners are challenging the validity of Rule 4 of the Gujarat Civil Services Recruitment (Examination) Rules 1980 and Schedule II thereto and also the selec- tion of candidates by the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC for short ).

( 2 ) IN September 1983 the GPSC hold Part I written examination for selecting candidates for making appointments to 155 of Gujarat Administrative Service Class I and Gujarat Civil Serv- ice Class II. It was a combined examination for Class I and Class II posts Part I written examina- tion consisted of three compulsory subjects viz. Gujarati General English and General Studies and one optional subject each subject carrying 100 marks. In all 8147 candidates appeared at the examination. Only those candidates who got minimum qualifying aggregate marks were per- mitted to appear in Part 11 written examination which consisted of two papers carrying 100 marks each They were in all 1121. As candidates numbering about five times the number of posts required to be filled in were called for Part III examination consisting of Viva Voce and Per- sonality test when the previous examination was hold thi