(1.) By this writ -application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioners, serving as the Senior Clerks, Class -III (Commissionerate of Commercial Tax), have prayed for the following reliefs :
(2.) The petitioners seek to challenge the decision of the respondents in not permitting them to appear in the special competitive examination to be conducted on 19th March 2016 under the Gujarat Commercial Tax Inspector, Class -III (Special Competitive Examination) Rules, 2010 for the post of Commercial Tax Inspector on the ground that the petitioners have not completed five years of service in the cadre and post of the Senior Clerk.
(3.) The petitioners had joined the Sales Tax department in the cadre and post of Junior Clerk. They cleared the pre -service training examination and thereafter the departmental examination for the promotion to the post of Senior Clerk.