1. - Under this order we will be dealing with the above numbered batch of writ petitions as the question involved in all the cases is identical and for the disposal of these writ petitions, we will give the facts of Ratan Singh v. State of Rajasthan and others, D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 1830/85.

2. In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (2) of Section 297 read with Section 88 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 1954 (Act No. 38 of 1959) (for short, the Act) the State Government made the Rajasthan Municipal (Subordinate & Ministerial Service) Rules, 1963 (for short, the Rules). In the present batch of writ petitions the categories of posts involved are of subordinate service and the posts of Assistant Revenue Inspectors, Nakedar (Moharrar), Sub-Nakedar (Sub Moharrar), Lower Division Clerks are the categories for which each of the petitioners on the advertisement No. 7/1984 published in Dainik Navjyoti dated October 15, 1984, issued by the Rajasthan Panchayat and Local Self Government Service Commission, Jaipur (for short, the Commission) had applied. The application form for each of the posts was purchased by paying Rs. 8/-. The petitioner afte