JUDGEMENT :

Pankaj Bhatia, J.

1. Questions arising and framed in the following three orders are referred to this Bench for its considerations: (i) order dated 29.11.2018 passed in Writ – A No. 24273 of 2018 (Deepak Singh And 9 others vs. State of U.P. and 8 others), (ii) order dated 12.1.2009 passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 671 of 2009 (Ajay Kumar Singh vs. State of U.P. and another) and (iii) order dated 15.2.2019 passed in Special Appeal No. 09 of 2019 (Himan Singh vs. State of U.P. and 8 others).

2. In Writ A No. 24273 of 2018, the learned Single Judge was confronted with the question as to whether degree holders in Engineering Discipline would be eligible for seeking appointment to the post of Junior Engineer and Foreman wherein the essential eligibility criteria specified, was “Diploma Holders in Engineering Discipline”. The learned Single Judge took note of the fact that the Commission issued a Notification for selection of Junior Engineers and Foreman, the advertisement specified the eligibility for selection to the post of Junior Engineers and Foreman as “Diploma Holders in Engineering Discipline”. The petitioners, in the said petition, were admittedly degree holders i