JUDGMENT :

Hima Kohli, J.

1. The present batch of writ petitions have been placed before this Bench on the directions of the learned Single Judge with a request to reconcile the divergence of opinion expressed by two sets of Division Benches of the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh High Court, in two writ petitions, namely W.P.No.20088 of 2003 and W.P.No.28874 of 2015.

2. The dichotomy in the views expressed by the two Division Benches is founded on the scope of interference by courts exercising powers of judicial review in matters relating to incorrect/erroneous bubbling, double bubbling, absence of bubbling of the personal particulars of a candidate, appearing in written examinations conducted by the Telangana State Public Service Commission, including hall ticket number, booklet serial number, paper code and examination centre number etc. The backdrop in which the matter has been placed before this bench has been delineated in the order dated 19.07.2018, passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.No.22540 of 2018 and the connected batch of matters, in the following words:-

“In this batch of writ petitions, grievance is against not evaluating OMR answer sheets of petitioners in the examination