ORDER

Shukla, J.-- 1. In this batch of writ petitions, invoking writ jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners have assailed the legality of the revised Select List issued by the M.P. Public Service Commission, Indore [for short, “the MPPSC”], whereby private respondents, who submitted their candidature against reserved category in Other Backward Class Female (OBCF) for the post of Assistant Professors in different subjects, have been selected and allotted Unreserved Female (UNRF) posts/seats, however the petitioners have been kept in waiting list denying selection. Thus, in the obtaining factual matrix, the petitioners have agitated their grievance in the present batch of writ petitions, wherein the following issue has cropped up for consideration :

Whether a candidate having opted to participate in a competitive examination as a reserved category candidate, can be permitted to migrate to General Category in UNRF category ? In other words, a candidat