(1.) The respondent concerned, published, an, advertisement, as, becomes borne in Annexure R-2/1, annexure whereof becomes appended with the extant petition, wherethrough, it/they invited applications, hence, from, all, the, eligible aspirants concerned, for the latter applying against the advertised posts. The petitioner herein, also, applied against the apposite advertised post, rather, in, the, category, of, exservicemen. Consequent, to, the, petitioner, applying, against, the, apposite advertised post, hence, in the category of exservicemen (general), he, also successfully qualified, the, written examination, (a) and, as, becomes unfolded by Annexure-C, annexure whereof becomes appended to the rejoinder, he became invitited, for, appearing, for, viva voce, (b) however, he was declared "not eligible", under, the, category, of, exservicemen (General), (c) whereas, Karan Singh Guleria, arrayed as co-respondent No.4, obtained 93 marks, one Piare Lal Sharma, arrayed as co-respondent No.6 obtained 95 marks, and, one Ghanshyam Dass, arrayed as co-respondent No. 3, obtained 85 marks, and, one Chet Ram, arrayed as co-respondent No.5, obtained 60 marks, hence, in the viva voce. The reason, for, the, writ petitioner, becoming declared "not eligible", despite, becoming invited for the interview, is, encapsulated, in, his not, complying, with, condition No.6, inasmuch, as, his, at, the, relevant stage failing, to, submit, the, copy, of, his apposite discharge certificate, from, the, Army.
(2.) The merit, of, the, afore reason, as, becomes assigned, by, the, respondent concerned, for, its not interviewing, the, writ petitioner, has, to be adjudged, on, anvil, of, the, definition, of, ex-servicemen, as borne in Rule (2), of, a notification, as, became, issued, on, 18.09.2007, by, the, Government, of, Himachal Pradesh. The apposite afore Rule, is, extracted hereinafter:-
(3.) A perusal, of, the apposite no objection, borne in Annexure P/4, as, became issued in the month of February, 2013, by, the authorised officer of the Indian Army, vis-a-vis, the petitioner (a) underscores, vis-a-vis, the petitioner completing the mandatory tenure, of, five years, of, his military service, rather on 12th May, 2013, (b) and, also it becomes pronounced therein, vis-a-vis, the Indian Army rather holding no objection, if the petitioner makes, an application for civil jobs, (c) besides, a further no objection becomes echoed therein, vis-a-vis, his appearing in the competitive examination, (d) yet, also therein, an, echoing occurs, vis-a-vis, his being released, on, his making, a, three moths prior notice, upon, his selection, vis-a-vis, the military authorities, hence, computable, from, the, date, of, receipt, of, offer, of, appointment.