Hon’ble Mrs. Sangeeta Chandra, J.—This writ petition has been filed by the petitioners praying for quashing of the written examination held on 18th and 19th of June, 2018 by the Chairman, U.P. Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as “the Recruitment Board”) for the post of Constable Civil Police and PAC pursuant to the advertisement dated 14.1.2018 and for a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent authorities to hold fresh written examination for the post of Constables in pursuance of the advertisement dated 14.1.2018 within a time frame to be stipulated by this Court.

2. Heard learned Senior Advocate Shri Ashok Khare assisted by Shri Siddharth Khare for the petitioners and Shri Vikram Bahadur Yadav, learned standing counsel appearing on behalf of the State-Respondents.

3. The facts as stated in the writ petition are as follows :

4. An advertisement dated 14.1.018 was issued inviting applications for a total number of 41520 posts of Constable, Civil Police and PAC. The petitioners No. 1 to 19 applied under the OBC Category, petitioners No. 20 to 25 applied under the General Category and petitioner No. 26 applied under SC C