JUDGMENT :

SUNITA AGARWAL, J.

1. Heard Mr. Kamal Trivedi, learned Advocate General with Ms. Manisha Lavkumar Shah, learned Government Pleader assisted by learned AGPs Ms. Shruti Dhruve and Mr. Vinay Vishen for the State appellant, Mr. H.S. Munshaw, learned advocate appearing for appellants in the connected matters and Mr. Shalin Mehta, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Ms. Vidhi Bhatt, Ms. Shikha Panchal and Ms. Aditi Raol, learned advocates appearing for the private respondents-original writ petitioners.

2. These intra-court appeals are directed against the judgment and order dated 19.07.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge allowing the writ petition filed by the respondents herein, along with other connected writ petitions with the following directions:

“22. For all the aforesaid reasons as discussed hereinabove considering the categories namely 8 in number, the petitioners are held to be entitled to the benefit of Circular dated 16.7.2019 and, therefore, all these petitions are allowed and the rejections if any, on these grounds as mentioned hereinabove are quashed and set aside.”

3. At the outset, it is pertinent to note that in this bunch of appeals, the State appellant has ra