JUDGMENT

Vijay Kumar Shukla, J. - The common issue is raised in this bunch of petitions, therefore, they were heard analogously and are being disposed of by a common order. For the sake of convenience, the facts are noted from the W.P. No. 19393/2019 ( Shivendra Singh & Ors. Vs. The State of M.P. & Ors. ) . In these petitions a challenge is made to revised advertisement/corrigendum dated 19.08.2019 issued by the respondent no.2, M.P. Public Service Commission (for brevity, 'MPPSC'), whereby number of vacancies earlier advertised for the appointment of persons with disabilities for the post of Assistant Professor has been reduced.

2. The petitioners are persons suffering from blindness and they applied for selection to the post of Assistant Professors in respective subjects and also claimed the benefit of reservation granted to persons with disabilities under Section 33 of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and full Participation) Act, 1995 [hereinafter referred to as 'the Act 1995'] and Section 34 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 [for short, 'the Act 2016'].

3. The Parliament enacted Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunit