JUDGMENT :

S.N. Pathak, J.

The issues involved in all the writ petitions are same, similar and identical and as such they have been tagged and heard together on various dates and are being disposed of by this common order.

PRAYER

2. The writ petitioners in all these writ petitions are mainly aggrieved by the result dated 18.03.2021 (Annexure-8), published by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission and uploaded on the website on 18.03.2021 and have prayed for quashing the same which is related to those candidates who were not having Associate Membership from the Institute of Town Planners (ITPI) on the date of publication of Advertisement No 04/2020 hence were ineligible for the appointment on the post of Assistant Town Planner under the Urban Development and Housing Department but they have been declared successful. Petitioners have further prayed for a direction upon the respondents to issue the modified results after considering candidature of only those candidates who were duly qualified having the Associate Membership from ITPI prior to cut-off date and also to issue appointment letter in favour of the petitioners

FACTS OF THE CASE

3. According to petitioners, pursuant to the requis