Hon’ble Manoj Kumar Gupta, J.—This batch of writ petitions has been filed questioning the result of the combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (General Recruitment) Examination 2016 and Combined State/Upper Subordinate Services (Special Recruitment) Examination 2016 (P.C.S. Examination 2016) conducted by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (the Commission).

2. The petitioners are aspirants for various posts of the Provincial Services in the State. The examination is conducted in two stages. It comprises of a preliminary written examination which is in the nature of a screening test to find out suitable candidates in required proportion in each category. The marks obtained in the preliminary examination are not counted for determining the final order of merit. The candidates, who succeed in the preliminary examination, enters the second stage of recruitment, which comprises of a main written examination followed by interview/personality test. The aggregate of the marks obtained in the main examination and interview form the basis for determining the final or