By the Court.—These Special Appeals under Chapter VIII Rule 5 of the Rules of the Court have been filed challenging the judgment and order dated 24.8.2016 delivered by learned Single Judge in a batch of writ petitions, leading writ petition being Writ Petition No. 5158 (SS) of 2015, whereby selection to the posts of Sub Inspector (Civil Police) and Platoon Commander has been quashed from the stage of declaration of the result of main written examination. The select list which was also assailed before the learned Single Judge has also been quashed. A direction has further been issued by learned Single Judge to the opposite parties therein to prepare the result of main written examination and declare the same afresh keeping in view the observations made therein. It has further been directed by the judgment under appeal that the selection shall accordingly proceed and shall be finalized in accordance with the rules and the observations made in the said judgment and also keeping in view the decision rendered by this Court in the case of Ashish Kumar Pandey and others v. State of U.P. and others, 2016(4) ADJ 163, which has been upheld in special appeal by a Division Bench of thi