ORDER :

RAJESH BINDAL, CJ.

1. This order will dispose of Special Appeal Defective No. 446 of 2020, Special Appeal Defective Nos. 55, 695 and 818 of 2021, Special Appeal No. 481 of 2021.

2. The legal issues raised in the aforesaid appeals are common.

FACT Special Appeal Defective No. 446 of 2020

3. The present intra-court appeal has been filed by the U.P. Secondary Education Service Selection Board (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Board’) against the order dated February 14, 2020 passed by the learned Single Judge in Writ-A No. 20396 of 2019, titled as Manoj Kumar and others Vs. State of U.P. and another, whereby the writ petition filed by the private respondents was disposed of with a direction to the appellant to evaluate the OMR Sheets of the respondents despite the fact that there was error in filling thereof. It was with reference to answering the questions of three subjects whereas the option was to be exercised only for two subjects.

Special Appeal Defective No. 55 of 2021

4. The present intra-court appeal has been filed against the order dated December 15, 2020 passed by the learned Single Judge, whereby the writ petition filed by the appellant-petitioner was dismissed. In the case