JUDGMENT :

TARLOK SINGH CHAUHAN, J.

1. Since common question of law and facts arise for consideration in these petitions, therefore, they are taken up together and are being disposed of by way of a common judgment.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner- State sent a requisition for filling up of 250 posts of Pump Operator to the H. P. Staff Selection Commission, Hamirpur vide requisition dated 18.06.2016 alongwith the R & P Rules to the post of Pump Operator.

3. In the advertisement, essential qualification for the post of Pump Operator (Post Code 537) was prescribed as under:-

Essential Qualification:

(i) Should be a Matriculate from a recognized Board of School Education/ Institute or its equivalent from a recognised University/Board.

(ii) Should possess certificate in trades Electrician/Wireman/Diesel Mechanic/Pump Mechanic/Motor Mechanic/ Pump Operator—cum- Mechanic from recognized ITI.

4. In response to the above advertisement, the respondents applied for the post of Pump Operator and were allowed provisionally to appear in the objective type written screening test conducted on 09.06.2017 alongwith other candidates on the basis of the information furnished by them. T