JUDGMENT :

1. Heard Shri S. Biswajit Meitei, learned Advocate appearing for the petitioners and Shri Amarjit Naorem, learned Advocate for the UPSC, the respondent.

2. Since these writ petitions have arisen out of a similar set of facts and circumstances, the same are being disposed of by a common judgment and order.

3. The facts and circumstances of these cases are almost identical and since there is no much dispute between the parties as regards the facts and circumstances of the cases, the details thereof are not narrated herein.

4.1. The Petitioners are the students who are studying in different institutes/universities pursuing various courses. While the petitioners were undergoing XII standard or having just completed XII standard, they came to know about an advertisement for selection of Indian Armed Forces Officers through NDA Examination to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as “the UPSC”). They all being eligible submitted their applications, duly filled and along with requisite documents, for the said examination, the written tes