JUDGMENT :

By way of this writ petition, the petitioners have, inter alia, prayed for the following reliefs:-

“(i) That the impugned order dated 19.05.2021 (wrongly mentioned as 19.05.2020) i.e., Annexure P-18 and order dated 14.03.2018 (Annexure P-6) may kindly be quashed and set aside.

(ii) That the result of B-1 outdoor test declared vide Annexure P-13 qua the petitioners, having not been conducted as per the law contrary to Standing Order No. 11/2016, and the final list (Annexure P-10) be quashed and set aside. Further the respondents may kindly be directed to conduct the B-1 outdoor test afresh as per the standing order and in a fair and impartial manner.

(iii) That in alternate to Relief No. (ii) official respondents may be directed to declare the petitioners eligible for Lower School Course, 2021 in parity to the petitioners in CWPOA No. 40671 of 2020, who have been recommended and set for the course notwithstanding the fact that they had also not passed the outdoor test.”

2. Brief facts necessary for the adjudication of this petition are as under:-

Petitioners are serving as