(1.) Questions arising and framed in the following three orders are referred to this Bench for its considerations: (i) order dated 29.11.2018 passed in Writ - A No. 24273 of 2018 (Deepak Singh And 9 others vs. State of U.P . and 8 others), (ii) order dated 12.1.2009 passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 671 of 2009 ( Ajay Kumar Singh vs. State of U.P. and another ) and (iii) order dated 15.2.2019 passed in Special Appeal No. 09 of 2019 (Himan Singh vs. State of U.P. and 8 others).
(2.) In the backdrop of the judgement of the Apex Court in the case of Parvaiz Ahmad Parry vs. State of Jammu and Kashmir and others , the learned Single Judge referred the matter to the present larger Bench framing the following questions:
(3.) The learned Single Judge disagreed with another judgement rendered by a Single Judge in Writ Petition No. 7012 (S/S) of 2001 ( Annup Ratan Awasthi vs. Public Service Commission, Allahabad and Ors .) wherein the learned Single Judge held that the degree holders were not eligible for the said post. The learned Single Judge while referring the matter to the larger Bench disagreed with the learned Single Judge judgement given in the case of Annup Ratan Awasthi for the following reasons: