(1.) Appeals being connected, we are disposing of the same by a common judgment. Writ Petition (S/S) No. 367 of 2013 has given rise to the present appeals. The writ petitioner in the said writ petition is the appellant in Special Appeal No. 194 of 2015; whereas the 3rd respondent, namely, the Controller (Examination and Selection), G.B. Pant Agriculture & Technical University is the appellant in Special Appeal No. 208 of 2015.
(2.) Appellant in Special Appeal No. 194 of 2015 (herein after referred to as the writ petitioner) sought the following reliefs:
(3.) By an advertisement issued on 09.06.2011, applications were called for filling up 24 posts of J2 -JE Junior Engineer (Trainee), Mechanical. A written test was held on 04.03.2012. Thereafter, an answer key was published. Still further, objections to the answer key were called for. The last date for filing objections was 10.04.2012. Writ petitioner filed objection on 03.04.2012 and the final answer key was published, on the basis of which the writ petitioner was not selected. Writ petitioner was an OBC candidate. He has secured 84.25 marks, whereas the last OBC candidate secured 102 marks.