JUDGMENT :

1. RULE returnable forthwith.

2. Mr.Kurven Desai learned AGP waives service of notice of Rule on behalf of the respondent nos.1 and 2 and Ms. Vidhi Bhatt learned advocate waives service of notice of Rule on behalf of the respondent no.3.

3. Present petitions are taken up for final hearing with the consent of the learned Advocates for the respective parties as a neat interpretation of law is involved.

4. FACTS IN BRIEF ARE AS UNDER:

5. In Special Civil Application No.1672 of 2022 the Petitioner holds the qualification of B.A., LL.B. He was enrolled as an Advocate on 20.6.2010.The Petitioner was appointed as an assistant Charity Commissioner on 21.12.2019.

6. The Gujarat Public Services Commission ("GPSC" for short) issued an Advertisement inviting applications for one post of Joint Charity Commissioner, Class-I in the General State Service, in the Charity Organization, Gujarat State under the Legal Department. The last date of submitting the Applications was 17.2.2021. The Petitioner applied for the post, appeared in the Preliminary Examinations and the exercise of verification of documents was undergone.

7. On 30.10.2021 the GPSC published a list of ineligible candidates wherei