JUDGMENT :

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE J.B.PARDIWALA)

1. This appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent is at the instance of the State of Gujarat and is directed against the oral order dated 22.01.2020 (as modified by the order dated 30.01.2020) passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court in the Special Civil Application No.3953 of 2018, whereby the learned Single Judge was pleased to allow the writ application so far as the respondents Nos.1 to 7, 14 and 19 respectively are concerned by declaring them to be eligible and qualified to be promoted to the post of Police Sub-Inspectors under Rule 2(2) of the Police Sub-Inspector (Unarmed) Class-III, Recruitment Rules, 2008 in the category of Scheduled Tribes with all the consequential benefits.

2. The facts, giving rise to this appeal, may be summarized as under;

2.1 The Special Civil Application No.3953 of 2018 came to be filed by, in all, 27 writ applicants with the following prayers;

“a) to admit this petition and to issue Notice for final disposal on returnable date;

b) to quash and set aside the impugned Selection List dated 06