UDHAY RANI Vs. CHAIRMAN, J&K SSRB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Aggrieved by the selection of Preeti Rajput-respondent No.5 as Teacher against the posts reserved for candidates belonging to OBC Category, the petitioner, who had participated in the selection process initiated by the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board for selection of Teachers, pursuant to its Advertisement Notice No. 01 of 1999 of March 09, 1999, has approached this Court seeking quashing of the selection of respondent No.5, besides a direction to the respondents to select her as Teacher in District Cadre Udhampur against the reserved category of Other Backward Classes.

(2.) The case projected by the petitioner is that respondent No.5 had managed her selection against the reserved category of Other Backward Classes whereas being a Rajput by Caste, she was not so entitled.

(3.) Disputing the petitioner's plea, the Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board has supported respondent No.5's selection under the Other Backward Classes Category urging that having secured 47.93 points i.e. more than the last selected candidate who had obtained 43.16 points, the respondent No.5 had earned her selection on the basis of merit.