MAHADEV MAHATO Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) ALL these three Mandamus-Appeals were taken up together as the same question of law arises for determination in these three appeals preferred against three different orders passed by the same learned Single Judge on 13th May, 2010, thereby dismissing three separate writ-applications filed by the respective appellant.

(2.) BEING dissatisfied, the three unsuccessful writ-petitioners have come up with these mandamus appeals. The following facts are not in dispute:

(3.) THE respondents, therefore, contended that there was nothing illegal for fixing higher cut off marks for OBC candidate than those fixed for the candidates of the general category having regard to the fact that the admit cards for the written examination and the interview can be issued to candidates 15 times the number of vacancies for each category under the Rules. So far, the categories of SC and ST are concerned, since those are not the subject matter of these writ-applications, we are not dealing with the cut off marks fixed for SC and ST candidates and we propose to restrict our scrutiny only to the OBC candidates.