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Police Rules, 1934------------R.13.7---Constitution of Pakistan (1973), Art.199---Constitutional petition---Age relaxation for qualifying examination---Petitioners who initially were appointed as Constables, were to qualify their examination for being placed on List 'A'---Examination for List 'A' having. been delayed, all petitioners were given two years' age relaxation in the examination ---Na examination was held for List 'A' and List 'B/1' from 1999 to 2001 when for the first time examination of List-B/1 was held in 2002 in which petitioners were allowed to participate---Petitioners cleared their written examination and were called upon for interview---Petitioners appeared for interview, but same was refused on ground that petitioners had already become over age as they had crossed prescribed age limit of 33 years--­Examination for List 'B/1.' was required to be held each year, but in case of petitioners no examination was held for three years---Omission of Authorities in not holding examination every year, had deprived petitioners of their right of fair competition and they had become over age not because of any lapse on their part, but due to negligence on part of Authorities for .which petitioners were not to suffer---Petitioners otherwise being qualified to compete, could not be denied such right---Even otherwise petitioners earlier having been granted two years' age relaxation in examination for List 'A', they, on same principle, were entitled to further age relaxation for qualifying List 'B/1' Examination. Zafarullah Khan Khakwani for Petitioners. Muhammad Qasim Khan A.A.-G. for Respondents. Date of hearing: 21st November, 2002. JUDGMENT Through this single Order I propose to dispose of Writ Petitions Nos. 1314/2002, 1714/2002, 1477/2002, 1318/2002 and 1574/2002, as all these petitions are arising out of common question of law and fact. With the concurrence of learned counsel for the parties, all these cases are being treated as "Pacca" cases. 2. Brief facts of all these cases are that the petitioners in all these cases were initially appointed as Constable on various dates in District of Multan. All of them qualified their exam for being placed on…

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