have accepted delay on their part on account of unavoidable circumstances. In the opinion of this Court, resort to such factual circumstances, for whatsoever reason may be in declaration of the result of the final year examination, in respect of the requisite educational qualification, does not come to rescue of petitioners as petitioners knowingly and willingly applied/ participated in the direct recruitment process for the post in question being fully aware to face such kind of situation. It is an admitted case of petitioners that they were required to acquire the requisite educational qualification for consideration of their candidature on merits for the post in question before holding the written competitive examination by the RPSC. The fortuitous circumstances, where result of any of the petitioner is declared with a delay of few days, after conducting the written competitive examination, does not confer any right of consideration of his/her candidature on merits. The legal proposition of law has been settled by the Apex Court in catena of judgments in respect of giving credence to the cut off date fixed by the recruitment agency, and therefore, the principle of stair decisis operates against the petitioner in this respect. 13. It is undisputed fact that in the advertisement dated 28.04.2022, pursuant to which petitioners have applied and participated in the direct recruitment for the post in question, there was a clear stipulation that aspiring candidate will have to possess the requisite educational qualification before the date of conducting the competitive examination by the RPSC. Admittedly, none of the petitioners could acquire the requisite eligibility
