(1.) The petitioner before this Court is a candidate, who participated in a selection process for the post of Revenue SubInspector ("Patwari") for District Tehri Garhwal. The participation of the petitioner in the said selection process was as a General Woman candidate. The total number of vacancies for Patwaries were 14, and the breakup of which is as follows:-
(2.) Apart from the vertical reservation, on the basis of which the posts were advertised and breakup was given, there was 30 percent horizontal reservation for women. Consequently, out of the 9 posts of Other Backward Class (in short 'OBC') three posts were to be filled by women and out of 4 posts for General candidates, one was to be filled by woman candidate. The entire selection was on the basis of written examination. The list of 14 selected candidates which is annexure No. 5 to the writ petition, is as under:-
(3.) The highest marks obtained by a candidate is 163.50, second, third and fourth have 156, 155.5 and 153, respectively. As per the above, it is clear that the last cut-off marks for the General candidate is 153 marks. Admittedly, the last selected candidate i.e. Ms. Meenakshi, who has been selected under the OBC woman quota, has scored 93 marks.