These writ petitions being WP(C) No. 496 of 2015 [Debashish Roy vs. Tripura Public Service Commission and Ors.] and WP(C) No. 674 of 2015 [Shri Chandan Kumar Paul vs. Tripura Public Service Commission and Ors.] are combined for obvious reason that the question that has been raised in those writ petitions are common and identical notwithstanding that the selection in respect of the subject is different. In WP(C) No. 496 of 2015, the selection in the post of Assistant Professor in Education in the Institute of Advance Studies in Education (IASE in short)/College of Teachers Education (CTE) under the Education (Higher) Department, Govt. of Tripura has been challenged, whereas in the writ petition being WP(C) No. 674 of 2015, the selection in the post of Assistant Professor in Education in the Institute of Advance Studies Education in Political Science (IASE in short)/College of Teachers Education (CTE) under the Education (Higher) Department, Govt. of Tripura has been challenged. Consequently, the selection and appointment of the private respondents viz the r