ORDER :

1. This batch of Letters Patent Appeals has been heard in some detail.

2. As noticed in the order dated 22nd February 2023, the appellant in LPA No. 64 of 2020 put forth a submission before the writ Court that she has secured maximum marks in her category but her candidature was rejected on the ground that the caste certificate produced by her was not in the proper format.

3. The other appellants have also raised a similar contention that in spite of all of them having secured marks more than cut-off marks in their respective caste category, they are not selected - for a similar reason.

4. In LPA No. 64 of 2020, the appellant has taken an additional plea that she was in possession of a caste certificate issued in the proper format but mistakenly she has entered details of another caste certificate which was also issued to her but was not in the proper format, as required under Clause 9 (gha) of the Advertisement No. 02 of 2016.

5. Some of the appellants in other Letters Patent Appeals have also pleaded somewhat a similar situation that: (i) may be they were not in possession