ORAL JUDGMENT

Date : 11-07-2024

Heard Mr. Prashant Sinha, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner; Mr. Sanjay Pandey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the Bihar Public Service Commission and Mr. Bipin Kumar, learned counsel for the State.

2. The petitioner in paragraph no. 1 of the present writ petition has sought inter alia following relief(s), which is reproduced hereinafter:

"(i) For issuance of writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing of that part of the result dated 27.06.2024 issued by the Bihar Public Service Commission against advertisement no. 09/2022, for the post of Drug Inspector whereby the result of the written examination of the petitioner bearing Roll No. 901913 has been cancelled on the ground that the petitioner has produced the EWS certificate on the basis of financial year 2022- 23 and not on the basis of financial year 2021-2022 due to which she was not treated in the EWS Category and her cut off was below the cut off of unreserved (woman) category.

(ii) For holding that the petitioner submitted her application pursuant to the Important Notice dated 23.05.2023 issued by the BPSC, hence, she submitted the EWS certificate on the basis of the f