Akil Kureshi,J. - (1.) These petitions arise in common background. They have been heard for final disposal together and would be disposed of by this judgment.
(2.) Brief facts are as under : In WP(C) No.196 of 2020, the petitioner Smt. Subhangkari Podder had appeared in the written examination as well as oral interview for selection to the post of Peon, Group-D in the District Court in the State of Tripura for which public advertisement was issued on 24.04.2015. The selection process consisted of a written test of 75 marks followed by an oral interview of qualified candidates which would carry 25 marks. The petitioner appeared in the written test as well as oral interview. The respondents initially published a notification dated 02.05.2017 which contained the serial number wise position of all the candidates who had appeared in the written and the oral examinations. This notification provided only the total marks secured by the candidates which would be total marks awarded in the written examination and oral interview. The name of the petitioner was placed at serial No.64 in such list. She was shown to have scored a total of 68 out of 100 marks. Subsequently, the respondents also provided the breakup of the marks secured by the candidates in the written and oral interviews separately under a memorandum dated 20.06.2018. From this it can be gathered that the petitioner had scored 68 out of 75 marks in the written test and was awarded zero marks in the oral interview.
(3.) The petitioner would point out that though initially 25 vacancies were notified, due to variety of reasons, the number of vacancies was enlarged with the approval of the High Court and eventually from the list of successful candidates published vide the said notification dated 02.05.2017, total of 65 appointments were made. The petitioner would further point out that the last selected candidate in the Un-reserved (UR) category to which she belongs, had scored of 72 out of 100 marks.;