( 1 ) IT is the usual apathy of the Government which has led to this group of petitions. The controversy centres around the implementation of a particular examination rule which this Court had found "not happily worded". The observation made by the Division Bench of this Court has not caught the attention of the Government or the Government has not thought it necessary to pay heed to the observations made by the Bench. The result is this group of petitions.

( 2 ) THE petitioners in these three writ petitions are similarly situated and have identical challenge against the Select List dated 18th August, 2000 published by the Gujarat Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as "the commission") for appointment to the posts of Executive Engineer and Deputy executive Engineer in Gujarat Engineering Services (Class-I and Class-II ).

( 3 ) BY advertisement dated 1st February, 1996, the Commission invited applications for combined competitive examination for appointment in Gujarat engineering Services (Class-I and Class-II ). Pursuant to the said advertisement, the petitioners and others had applied for selection and appointment to the Gujarat engineering Service