JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Sri Awadh Narain Rai, learned counsel for the petitioners, Sri G.K. Singh, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Fuzail Ahmad Ansari, learned counsel appearing on behalf of Public Service Commission, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel appearing on behalf of State-respondents and perused the record.

2. The petitioners before this Court have been applicants for the post of Medical Officer, Community Health Centre (Ayurvedic & Unani) in Other Backward Caste (for short 'OBC') and Scheduled Castes (for short 'SC') categories respectively, pursuant to the advertisement issued by Public Service Commission (for short 'the Commission'). While they qualified amongst 1058 candidates to be screened out for the next stage, they were asked to submit offline application annexing therewith their requisite documents of eligibility for verification. After due verification, when call letters were issued by the Commission for interview, their names did not figure in that list, which consisted of 182 candidates in OBC category and 87 candidates in SC category respectively.

3. The challenge has been made to the act and conduct of the Commission on the ground that once screening