Hon’ble Vikram Nath, J.—Petitioners who claim to be eligible for appointment as Assistant Lecturers in Hindi and Physiotherapy have preferred this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution, impleading (i) Union of India through Secretary, Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi, (ii) The University Grants Commission (UGC), through its Secretary, 35, Firoze Shah Road, New Delhi, (iii) The Joint Secretary, University Grants Commission (UGC), 35 Firoze Shah Road, New Delhi, (iv) The Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi through its Registrar, (v) The Vice Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi and (iv) The Registrar (Admin.), Recruitment and Assessment Cell, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi as respondent Nos. 1 to 6 respectively for the following reliefs—

1. A writ order or direction in the nature of Certiorari by calling the record to quash the Rolling Advertisement No. 2 of 2016-2017 (Teaching and equivalent posts) dated 16.7.2016 (Annexure 3 to the Writ Petition) issued by the respondent No. 4 and the order dated 19.2.2008 issued by respondent No. 2 through respondent No. 3 (Annexure 10 to the Writ Petition); and the impug