JUDGMENT :

S.K. PANIGRAHI, J.

1. Since similar questions of law or facts are involved in all the above writ petitions, all the matters were heard together. However, this Court felt it appropriate to decide W.P. (C) No. 16290 of 2022 first and the outcome of the said Writ Petition, the same will be covered to other similar writ petitions mentioned above.

2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the factual matrix of the case in brief is that the OP on 19.4.2022 issued an advertisement for the post of Assistant Professor on contractual/ Deputation basis for different discipline. In the Department of Anesthesiology 2 nos. of vacancies has been advertised. In the said notice the qualification is MD or equivalent Degree but for the purpose of merit assessment weightage was only given to mark secured in the Matriculation, Intermediate and MBBS examinations. One of the documents required to be submitted was a Chance Certificate of MBBS/MD/MDS/DNB/MSc (Medical) Examination.

3. The Petitioners had applied against the said advertisement and were called for document verification. During the document verification the OP did not point out any deficiency. Many of the applicants in various Departments includ