JUDGMENT :

Since the common issues are involved in these writ petitions and as such, these are taken up together and disposed of by this common order.

2. In the both the writ petitions, the petitioners have approached this Court with the following prayers:

a. for quashing of the Advertisement No.01/2021 (Annexure-7) published on 08.02.2021 in so far as the condition contained in Clause-4 with respect to fixation of cut-off date i.e. 01.08.2016 for counting of upper age limit of the candidates and inclusion of the examination of the year, 2017, 2018 and 2019 is concerned.

b. For quashing the resolution contained in Memo No. 805 dated 05.02.2021 (Annexure-6), whereby and whereunder the Respondents have most arbitrarily prescribed 01.08.2016 as the cut-off date for counting the upper age limit of the candidates who were supposed to be applicants as against the Advertisement No.01/2020 for 2017, 2018 and 2019 CCS examinations in which the said cut-off date was fixed as 01.08.2011.

c. For showing cause the respondents as to how and under what circumstances the Jharkhand Combined Civil Services Examination Rules, 2021 (Annexure-5) can be made applicable to the vacancies of the year, 2017, 201