JUDGMENT :

Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J.

1. Since the controversy raised in all the above mentioned writ petitions are identical they have been heard together and are being disposed off finally vide this judgment. Writ Appeal No. 5913 of 2021 (Vikas Tiwari and Others vs. State of U.P. and Others) is treated as the lead case.

2. Petitioners in this bunch of writ petitions are aggrieved by the decision of Examination Controller, U.P. Subordinate Services Selection Commission, Lucknow (hereinafter referred to as 'the Commission') dated 24.3.2021, cancelling the recruitment exercise undertaken by the Commission vide advertisement No. 2 of 2018 for combined examination to the posts of Gram Panchayat Adhikari, Gram Vikas Adhikari (Samaj Kalyan) and Samaj Kalayan Supervisor, for which examination was held on 22nd and 23rd December, 2018. Prayer consequently has been made to quash the decision taken on 24.3.2021 and command the respondents to proceed with petitioners' document verification and issue orders of appointment to them, as they have already been shortlisted, for appointment to the