ORDER

Hon’ble Dr. Anand S. Khati, Member (A)

Since a common question of facts and law arises in the present O.As., we have heard both the OAs together and they are being disposed of by this common order. However, for the sake of brevity, the facts are primarily being extracted from O.A. No. 1473/2021 being the lead case, with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties.

2. The O.A. No. 1473/2021 has been filed by the applicants under Section 19 of the Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985 , seeking the following reliefs:-

“a) Declare the action of the Respondents in not allowing the applicants to participate in the PET as arbitrary, illegal and against the essence of Natural Justice.

b) Declare that the provision of the Rule 28 [1] [a] of the Delhi Police [Appointment & Recruitment] Rules, 1980. Standing Order No. 212 of 2020 issued by the respondent no. 2 and of Notice dated 01.08.2020 issued by the respondent no. 3 Annexed as Annexure A-2, Annexure A-3 and Annexure A-4 respectively, upto the extent by which it restricts the date of discharge being not more than two years prior to the last date of submission of the application form, is illegal and arbitrary.

c) Declare that the ap