Honble ARORA, J. – Both the writ petition and the special appeal raise a common controversy and, therefore, they are being disposed of by this common judgment.

(2). The petitioners are the members of Other Backward Classes (for short, `the O.B.C.). An advertisement dated 21.11.94 was issued by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission, Ajmer inviting applications for Direct Recruitment to Rajasthan State and Subordinate Services by Combined Competitive Examination, 1994. The petitioners being eligible for these services, also, applied for the same. The Preliminary Examination for the State and Subordinate Services were held on 10.12.94 and the result of the Preliminary Examination was declared by the Rajas- than Public Service Commission, Ajmer (for short `the Commission) on 10.4.96. The Commission neither gave the benefit of proviso to rule 13 of the Rules, 1962 to keep the cut off marks upto 5% less than the general candidates to the O.B.C., and the result of the Preliminary Examination was not declared category-wise. The petitioners, therefore, challenged the declaration of the result of combined examination by this writ petition and prayed that the respondents may be directed to p

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