JUDGMENT :

“Heard learned counsel for the petitioners.

It is strange to note that the advertisement stated to have been issued on 10.08.2016 is in the teeth of full bench judgment rendered by this Court in a bunch of writ petitions leading case being W.P.No.46079 of 2010 decided on 10.04.2014.

The petitioners have asserted that their exclusion from the zone of consideration has occasioned on account of the incorporation of the condition of experience in the advertisement, although except petitioner no.1 the other petitioners have failed to apply. It is also stated that the Commission on account of this anomaly had not proceeded with the process of selection for about four years. The selection process through interviews adhering to the same conditions was reiterated and notified by letter dated 24.12.2020. The petitioners having come to know about the faulty process have thus approached this Court.

It is well settled that every advertisement for recruitment in public service must proceed strictly in accordance with the statutory rules. In the present case the full bench judgment whi