JUDGMENT :

1. The clinching issue arises in the instant batch of civil writ petitions revolves around the fact that petitioner(s) could not acquire the requisite educational qualification for the post of Lecturer-School Education in different subjects upto the cut off date i.e. the date of holding the written competitive examination as per the essential condition envisaged in the advertisement itself, yet petitioner(s) has come up with a case that he/she had appeared in the examination of final year of the requisite educational qualification held by the university concerned before the date of competitive examination, however due to the delay/negligence in declaring the result of the requisite qualification on the part of the concerned university, subsequent to the date of conducting the competitive examination, wherein the petitioner(s) has passed the final year examination, and since the delay in declaring the result of final year of the requisite education qualification is not attributable to the petitioner(s) but it is on the part of university concerned, therefore, the candidature of petitioner(s) be considered on merit for appointment on the post of Lecturer-School Education in respective subjects treating him as having acquire the requisite educational qualification. Few of writ petitioners have filed writ petitions before rejection of the candidature by the RPSC and few others have filed writ petitions after rejection of candidature by the RPSC only on the ground of not acquiring the requisite educational qualification for the post in question before or upto the date of conducting the written competitive examination and hence, all writ petitioners are jointly aggrieved by non-consideration of their candidature on merits for appointment on the post in question. The relevant condition as envisaged in the advertisement issued by the RPSC and which is in conformity to the proviso appended to Rule 17 of the Recruitment Rules of 2021, reads as under:-

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2. Since facts in all writ petitions are substantially similar and legal point involved therein is identical in nature, therefore, with consent of learned counsel for both parties, all writ petitions were tagged and have been heard together. Accordingly, all writ petitions would stand decide by this common judgment.

3. In order to deal with the issue in question, facts are taken from SBCWP NO.5773/2023 (Kuldeep Singh & Anr. Vs. State of Rajasthan & ors.) as also from SBCWP NO.17689/2022 (Amit Jangu Vs. State of Rajasthan).

3.1 The Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer (for short “the RPSC”) through advertisement dated 28.04.2022 invited applications for appointment on the post of Lecturer-School Education in different subjects by way of Direct Recruitment under the Rajasthan Education (State and Sub-Ordinate) Service Rules, 2021 (for short “Rules of 2021”). As per the condition envisaged in the advertisement, it is clear that the aspirant/candidate in the final year of the requisite educational qualification for the post in relevant subjects will also be eligible to apply but he/she will have to produce the proof of having acquired the requisite educational qualification before the date of conducting competitive examination by the RPSC.

3.2 Both petitioners of CWP NO.5773/2023 were undergoing their post graduation course and were studying in final year of P.G. Course, however pursuant to the advertisement dated 28.04.2022 being eligible applied for the post of School Lecturer in English and Political Science. The written competitive examination of petitioners were conducted by RPSC on 11.10.2022, 14.10.2022 and