M.C.TRIPATHI,J. - (1.) We have heard Shri R.K. Ojha, Senior Advocate assisted by S/Shri Alok Mishra, Bhaskar Parihar, Akhilesh Singh and Ghanshyam Maurya for the petitioners; Shri P.N. Saksena, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri K.S. Yadav, Additional Advocate General and Shri Ravi Shanker Prasad, Additional Chief Standing Counsel for the State respondents; Shri M.N. Singh, Advocate for the Commission and Shri Ashok Khare, Senior Advocate and Shri G.K. Singh, Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Siddharth Khare, Shri Anoop Trivedi and Shri Om Prakash Tripathi for the selected candidates.
(2.) In this group of cases, the petitioners are assailing the validity of the Office Memorandum dated 12.10.2014 issued by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission increasing the posts of OBC category from 566 to 2030 and the result declared on 21.5.2015 published on 22.5.2015 in respect of selection on the post of Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Agriculture Services Cadre-III (Technical Assistant Group-C) held in pursuance of advertisement dated 22.10.2013.
(3.) For the sake of convenience, the facts of Writ A No.34196 of 2015 are being noted below:-;