(1.) By way of this petition, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:-
(2.) Brief facts necessary for adjudication of the present petition are as under:- Vide public notice (Annexure A-2), Director Health Services, Himachal Pradesh, invited applications from eligible candidates for appearing in counseling for appointment against the posts of Pharmacist on batch wise basis. In terms of the public notice, there were in all 65 posts and desirous candidates of all categories including physically handicapped category were called upon to appear for counseling at the places mentioned in the public notice, on the dates mentioned against the said places. Eligible candidates were to possess 10+2 certificate issued by the Board of School Education or its equivalent as also the Mark List of 1st and 2nd year diploma in Pharmacy, issued by the concerned authority. Besides this, a Registration Certificate issued by Registrar, Himachal Pradesh Pharmacy Council, registration with Employment Exchange Card and a Physically Handicapped Certificate, issued by the Medical Board, were required to be submitted by a candidate applying under the physically handicapped persons.
(3.) Petitioner did his diploma course in Pharmacy (NonEngineering), from Government Polytechnic, Rohru, under the Himachal Pradesh Takniki Shiksha Board, in the year 2001. A copy of said diploma is appended with this petition as Annexure A-1. Detailed marks certificate of 1st and 2nd year diploma course of the petitioner are appended with the petition as Annexure A-2. According to the petitioner, as he was eligible to participate in the process of recruitment, he appeared for counseling on 05.08.2014 and on the recommendations of the Selection Committee, he stood selected for appointment against the post of Pharmacy, on contract basis. Alongwith the petition, list of the candidates selected for the post of Pharmacy, on contract basis, on the basis of the process initiated vide public notice Annexure A-2, is appended as Annexure A-3 and name of the petitioner figures at serial No.63 therein. In the said list, petitioner is depicted as a General Category candidate belonging to physically handicapped category with Locomotor Impairment of 40%. Note-1 in the said annexure, reads as under:-