JUDGMENT :

INTRODUCTION

1. This bunch of 5(five) petitions raise identical questions as regards the Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2019; Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2020 and pertains to an advertisement No.8/2020 issued by the Assam Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as “APSC”) and the addendum vide Notification No.58PSC/E-3/2020-2021 dated 08.01.2020.

2. All the matters were heard together. Lead arguments were made in WP(C) No.5169/2020; PIL No.83/2021 and WP(C) No.1208/2022.

3. The main issue as such involved in this bunch of petitions is regarding the language paper in the Combined Competitive Examination (hereinafter described as “CCE” for the sake of brevity) to be conducted by the APSC pursuant to the advertisement in question.

PRAYERS PRAYED FOR IN EACH PETITIONS

4. WP(C) No.5169/2020 is filed by a candidate, who appeared in the written examination conducted by the APSC. The petitioner has, inter alia, prayed for the following reliefs:-

“It is therefore prayed that, in the pre