ORDER : – The State of Madhya Pradesh through its Finance Department has filed these writ appeals against the common order dated 4-12-2019 passed by the writ Court whereby W. P. Nos. 15351/2018, 15269/2018, 15291/2018, 15338/2018, 15397/2018 and 15477/2018 have been allowed.

The facts of the case, in short, are as under :

The Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (in short : MPPSC) issued an advertisement on 29-10-2015 inviting applications for appointment on 128 posts of Treasury Officer/Account Officer/Assistant Director in the Finance Department of Government of Madhya Pradesh. The respondents/writ petitioners applied under the said advertisement and they were permitted to appear in the written examination followed by a personal interview. They all were declared qualified for appointment in the respective posts but kept in the waiting list. The MPPSC invited them to participate in the process of counselling followed by verification of documents. Vide different orders dated 11-10-2017, 30-10-2017, 5-12-2017 and 23-12-2017 the State Government appointed 111 candidates against 128 sanctioned posts. After joining, some of the selected candidates resigned from their respective pos