By a companymon judgment, the High Court held that the decision of the Union Public Service Commission number to entertain the applications was incorrect and issued a writ of mandamus directing the Union Public Service Commission to entertain their applications for the posts set out in the advertisement.
The Union Public Service Commission invited the applications of suitable persons as per its advertisement dated February 22, 1969 for recruitment to permanent and temporary posts of Hindi Supervisors and Hindi Officers or equivalent posts in Ministries Departments of the Government of India.
The Union of India having failed to obtain a certificate of fitness approached this Court under Article 136 of the Constitution and preferred the present five appeals by special leave.
553, 562, 563 and 564 of 1969 were filed by several petitioners in Delhi High Court.
The petitioners were informed that their applications were number entertained by the Union Public Service Commission on two grounds which have been specifically set out in the writ petitions.
The petitioners challenged the legality and companyrectness of the reasons which prevailed with the Union Public Service Commission for number entertaining their applications.
In response to this advertisement number of persons including the petitioners before the High Court applied for the posts so advertised.
This decision was rendered on February, 11, 1970.
Therefore, the judgment of the High Court became operative.
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