ORDER :

1. At the request of learned counsel for the petitioners of W.P. (S) No. 2391 of 2022, the original respondent no. 2 is deleted from the cause title of the said writ petition. Accordingly, the Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha, Government of Jharkhand is rearranged as the respondent no. 2 in the array of parties.

2. Office is directed to make necessary correction, as stated above, in the cause title of W.P. (S) No. 2391 of 2022.

3. Both these writ petitions have been preferred for quashing and setting aside the result of Mains (written) Examination of Jharkhand Combined Assistant Engineer (Civil/Mechanical) Direct Recruitment Competitive Examination (Advertisement No. 05/2019) published on 19.5.2022 contending that the same has not been declared strictly in accordance with the Jharkhand Engineering Service Recruitment Rules, 2016 (in short “the Rules 2016”) rather, instead of declaring minimum 2.5 times result of the candidates against the advertised post, the Jharkhand Public Service Commission (JPSC) has published only 1.8 times of result for the interview. Further prayer has been made for issuance of direction upon the respon