JUDGMENT :

H.S. Thangkhiew, J.

1. The brief facts of the case are that the Meghalaya Public Service Commission (MPSC) had issued an advertisement dated 24.07.2017 inviting applications from eligible candidates to sit for the Examination for Meghalaya Civil Service Junior Grade against approximately 38 vacancies. In the Preliminary Examination, 576 candidates out of 10,730 were declared to have qualified to sit for the Main Examinations. The petitioners herein being aggrieved with the method of selection and procedure adopted in declaring the successful candidates eligible to sit for the Main Examinations, are before this Court by way of the instant writ petition.

2. The prayer of the writ petitioners as made out is for setting aside the impugned notification dated 05.10.2018 whereby 576 candidates were declared to be qualified to sit for the Main Examinations, to call for the records of all the 576 selected candidates who were successful in the Preliminary Examination, to direct the respondents (MPSC) to prepare fresh selection list by adhering to the examination plan and to declare the resolution dated 22.10.2018 as illegal and arbitrary.

3. Before adverting to the issue in hand, it w