JUDGMENT :

Soumitra Saikia, J.

1. This Writ Appeal by the State of Assam is directed against the Judgment and Order dated 07.05.2019 passed in WPC No.4532/2016 and WPC 2428/2017 whereby the learned Single Judge allowed the two writ petitions setting aside the decision of the State Government to cancel the select list as well as setting aside the impugned Notice dated 17.08.2016 issued by the State of Assam expressing their intention to cancel the select list.

2. The petitioners had appeared for a selection process conducted by the State of Assam for selection to the post of Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) constables in the Forest Department, which was advertised on 23.07.2014 and 24.01.2016. The petitioners were a part of the selected candidates, whose names had figured in the selection list prepared by the Government. However, by notice dated 17.08.2016 the Government proposed to cancel the select list on the ground that such list suffered from infirmities of not following the constitutional provisions relating to reservation and also that the same is not in conformity with the Judgments pronounced by the Apex Court regarding the reservation laws and rules.

3. W.P.(C) No. 4532/20