CAV JUDGMENT

(PER : HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BIREN VAISHNAV)

1. These appeals have been filed against the common CAV judgement of the learned Single Judge dated 11.06.2015 passed in the respective Special Civil Applications, namely, Special Civil Applications No. 15057 of 2014, 16620 of 2014, 14330 of 2014, 14849 of 2014, 2125 of 2015. Letters Patent Appeals No. 1105, 1106, 1108, 1109 and 1110 of 2015 have been filed by the Gujarat Public Service Commission whereas Letters Patent Appeal No. 1187 of 2015 has been filed by the original petitioner of Special Civil Application No. 14849 of 2014, a respondent also in Letters Patent Appeal No. 1109 of 2015 filed by the GPSC.

2. Facts in brief are as under:

2.1 The judgement under challenge is at the behest of the original petitioners, who were treated as unsuccessful candidates by the Gujarat Public Service Commission (GPSC) in the selection process for the post of Assistant Conservator of Forests, Class - II (for short 'ACF') and Range Forest Officer, Class - II (for short 'RFO') conducted pursuant to the advertisement dated 01.03.2010 (Advertisement No. 209/2009-10).

2.2 On 01.03.2010, the GPSC published an advertisement inviting applications