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56. The dispute pertained mainly to the higher qualifications for 7 marks which had been earmarked for which graduation 2 marks, postgraduation 2 marks and for M.Phil/Ph.D there were 3 marks. The ground as such of the counsels is that 2 marks for postgraduation had been added in the interview column and the writ petitioners have not been awarded the said marks for postgraduation for which they were entitled as per the criteria. It is their case that marks had been deducted and added in the academic qualification and decreased from the ones which had been obtained in the interview. The private respondents' marks had remained unchanged and it was in such circumstances they had sought the quashing of the selection process. Reliance had been placed upon various interim orders passed by the learned Single Judge regarding sealing of the computers and the opinion of the Director, Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh.