JUDGMENT :

J.B.PARDIWALA, J.

1. As the issues raised in both the captioned appeals are the same and the challenge is also to the selfsame judgment and order passed by the learned Single Judge, those were heard analogously and are being disposed of by this common judgment and order.

2. For the sake of convenience, the Letters Patent Appeal No.1910 of 2019 is treated as the lead matter.

3. This appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent is at the instance of the original Respondents Nos.3, 4, and 5 respectively of a writ application and is directed against the judgment and order passed by a learned Single Judge of this Court dated 29.11.2019 in the Special Civil Application No.18654 of 2018 and allied petitions, by which, the learned Single Judge allowed the writ applications and issued directions to the Gujarat Public Service Commission.

4. The facts, giving rise to this litigation, may be summarized as under;

4.1 The respondent No.5 herein-Gujarat Public Service Commission came up with a public advertisement dated 15th July, 2017 for the recruitment to the 115 posts of the Police I