examination for screening of candidates. Regulation 6 provides that preliminary examination will mean screening test to be conducted by the Commission for the purposes of finding out suitable candidates in required proportion as fixed by the Commission in each category, reserved and unreserved, for admission to the main examination or interview, as the case may be. Thus, if the provisions contained in Rules, 2018, Rules 2015 and Regulations 2015 are read in conjunction with each other the indefeasible conclusion is that if the Commission in exercise of its powers conferred on it by Rule 8 (1) of the Rules 2015 makes any prescription for holding a PET with the approval of the Government, the same cannot be faulted with. The facts narrated above make it abundantly clear that such prescription in this case has to be attributed to the State Government and not to the Commission for the simple reason that Rule 15 (a) of Service Rules 2018 provides that recruitment shall be made in terms of the provisions contained in Rules 2015 and Rule 8 (1) of the Rules, 2015 provides that the procedure for recruitment which will include the mode and manner of recruitment, can be prescribed by the Commission. Thus, the Commission has made the prescription in Regulations 2015 in terms of the provision contained in Rule 8 (1) of the Rules 2015 read with Rule 15 (a) of Service Rules, 2018 with the approval of the State Government."
