JUDGMENT :

PUSHPENDRA SINGH BHATI, J.

1. Since both the instant petitions involve a common controversy though with marginal variation in the contextual facts, therefore, for the purposes of the present analogous adjudication, the facts are being taken from the above-numbered S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 8960/2018, while treating the same as a lead case.

1.1. The prayer clauses of the instant petitions read as follows:

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 8960/2018:

“It is therefore, most humbly and respectfully prayed that by an appropriate writ, order or direction your lordship may kindly be pleased to accept and allow this writ petition:

(a) The action of the respondents in not giving him experience certificate and denying him his rightful consideration for appointment in pursuance to advertisement dated 09.04.2018 (An.11) with all benefits on account of providing vertical reservation instead of horizontal reservation to women category aspirants in earlier advertisement may kindly be declared illegal, arbitrary and violative to Article 14, 16 and 21 of the Constitution of India.

(b) The respondents may kindly be directed to issue experience certificate to the petitioner considering his appointm