1. The petitioner has come up with the above writ petitions, challenging a common order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, holding the applications filed by the contesting respondents as maintainable.

2. We have heard Ms.R.Vaigai, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.Vijay Narayan, learned Senior Counsel appearing for the contesting respondents.

3. The Government of Puducherry invited applications for filling up 41 posts of Sub-Inspectors through a Notification dated 18.11.2010. The recruitment process comprised of three stages. In the first stage, all candidates were required to take a physical measurement test. Those, who qualified in the test, were to take a physical efficiency test and those, who qualified in the said test, were invited for a written examination.

4. Claiming that they had passed the physical measurement and physical efficiency tests and that since the written examination was conducted only in English, they could not take the exam and/or get selected, the contesting respondents herein filed applications challenging the provisional select list dated 7.2.2011. In those applications, as they were originally filed, the unselected candidates, imple