JUDGMENT :

SUDESH BANSAL, J.

1. In this bunch of writ petitions, challenge has been made to the method of normalization adopted by the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Staff Selection Board, Jaipur (hereinafter referred to as “the Board”) in order to equalize the difficulty level of different question papers in multi-sessioned examination conducted for the selection on the post of Patwari in pursuance to the Patwari Direct Recruitment Examination-2021, initiated vide Advertisement No. 3/2019 dated 17.1.2020 under the Rajasthan Revenue (Land Records, Settlement and Colonization) Subordinate Service Rules, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as “the Rules of 2019”).

2. Factual matrix of the matter is that it is not in dispute that due to huge number of candidates in the examination of Patwari, same was conducted in four shifts i.e. on 23.10.2021 (morning-evening) and on 24.10.2021 (morning-evening). The syllabus and subjects in all four shifts were similar but question paper of each shift was different. Initially, 4421 vacancies were advertised vide notification dated 17.01.2020 and