Tejinder Singh Dhindsa, J. - (1.) This order shall dispose of Civil Writ Petition No.16498 of 2016 (Ashok Kumar and others v. State of Haryana and another) , Civil Writ Petition No.16512 of 2016 (Mohit Kumar v. State of Haryana and others) , Civil Writ Petition No.17407 of 2016 (Yogesh Kumar Tewatia and another v. State of Haryana and others) , Civil Writ Petition No.17436 of 2016 (Jaswinder Kumar and others v. State of Haryana and another) , Civil Writ Petition No.17392 of 2016 (Chanderdev v. State of Haryana and another) , Civil Writ Petition No.17270 of 2016 (Kuljeet Singh v. State of Haryana and another) , Civil Writ Petition No.17293 of 2016 (Sonu Yadav and another v. State of Haryana and another) , Civil Writ Petition No.17292 of 2016 (Sandeep v. State of Haryana and another) , Civil Writ Petition No.17287 of 2016 (Vikrant v. State of Haryana and another) , Civil Writ Petition No.17272 of 2016 (Devender and another v. State of Haryana and another) , Civil Writ Petition No.17179 of 2016 (Virender Singh v. State of Haryana and others) , Civil Writ Petition No.17517 of 2016 (Mohit Singh and others v. State of Haryana and another) and Civil Writ Petition No.17506 of 2016 (Rakesh Kumar v. State of Haryana and others) as identical issue is involved in these petitions.
(2.) Petitioners assail the action of the Haryana Staff Selection Commission (hereinafter to be referred as 'the Commission') treating them as not qualified in a Physical Screening Test conducted for purposes of selection and appointment to the posts of male constables (General Duty).
(3.) Brief facts are that the Commission issued advertisement dated 19.7.2015 inviting applications for recruitment to 5000 posts of male constables (General Duty, Category-1). The selection process was detailed in the advertisement itself and provided for a Physical Screening Test (PST) followed by a Knowledge Test, Physical Measurement Test and interview-cum-personality test. In the first hurdle i.e. Physical Screening Test, a male candidate was to complete a test distance of 5 kms. in a qualifying time of 25 minutes. For ex-Serviceman the test distance was 2.5 kms. and the qualifying time was 13 minutes.;