JUDGMENT :

1. Vide this judgment abovementioned appeals as well as application would be disposed of, as they have arisen out of common order dated 17.12.2020 passed by the learned Single Judge.

2. Respondents had filed writ petitions challenging the result dated 09.07.2020 of Rajasthan State and Subordinate Services Combined Competitive (Mains) Examination, 2018.

3. Case of the respondents in the writ petitions, in brief, was that an advertisement dated 02.04.2018 had been issued for recruitment under various State and Subordinate Services under the Rajasthan State and Subordinate Services (Direct Recruitment by Combined Competitive Examination) Rules, 1999 (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Rules of 1999’). Initially, 405 vacancies were advertised in the State Services and 575 vacancies were advertised in Subordinate Services. Thereafter, a corrigendum advertisement dated 01.07.2020 was issued prescribing revised bifurcation of State and Subordinate Services wherein 421 posts were advertised in State Services and 593 posts were advertised in Subordinate Services making combined total of 1014 vacancies. Respondents had applied for the posts under their respective category. The selection