JUDGMENT :

1. The present Writ Petition had been filed challenging the impugned Notification no.34/GEN/DOP dated 23.05.2017 issued by the Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms, Training and Public Grievances (Respondent No.2) as well as the impugned Advertisement no.9/SPSC/EXAM/2017 dated 13.10.2017 issued by the Sikkim Public Service Commission (Respondent No.3).

2. The Petitioners would seek the quashing of both the impugned notification as well as the advertisement.

3. The Chief Secretary, Govt. of Sikkim (Respondent No.1), Respondent no.2 and Human Resource Development Department (Respondent No.4) have filed a joint I.A No.03/2018 seeking to place on record Notification no.110/GEN/DOP dated 06.02.2018. The said application is allowed. Notification No.110/GEN/DOP dated 06.02.2018 rescinds impugned notification with immediate effect.

4. The impugned notification had relaxed the reservation rule and application of roster points for filling up posts of Assistant Professors under the Respondent No.4 in the subjects of Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Physics, Chemistry and Statistics for a period of three years to enable all eligible candidates both from within and outside the St