(1.) This bunch of 5(five) petitions raise identical questions as regards the Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2019; Assam Public Services Combined Competitive Examination (Amendment) Rules, 2020 and pertains to an advertisement No.8/2020 issued by the Assam Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as "APSC") and the addendum vide Notification No.58PSC/E-3/2020-2021 dtd. 8/1/2020.
(2.) All the matters were heard together. Lead arguments were made in WP(C) No. 5169/2020; PIL No.83/2021 and WP(C) No.1208/2022.
(3.) The main issue as such involved in this bunch of petitions is regarding the language paper in the Combined Competitive Examination (hereinafter described as "CCE" for the sake of brevity) to be conducted by the APSC pursuant to the advertisement in question.