TAHIR NAZIR Vs. STATE OF J&K & ORS.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) For the post of Range Officer Grade-I the prescribed qualification in terms of Jammu and Kashmir Forest Service (Gazetted) Recruitment Rules of 1970 (for short Rules of 1970) as amended by SRO 3 dated 05.01.1994 is B.Sc. (Forestry) or its equivalent from any University recognized by Indian Council of Agriculture and Research.

(2.) Class V of the Schedule appended to the Rule of 1970 provides the qualifi cation and mode of recruitment to the post of Range Officer which is reproduced as under:

(3.) This is the qualification which has been notified in the Advertisement Notice whereunder applications were called from eligible candidates for seeking consid eration for being selected and appointed on the post of Range Officer Grade-I (Forest). Admittedly, the petitioners are possessed of qualification of graduation with Forestry as one of the subjects and are also possessed of qualification of M.Sc. (Forestry). The petitioners responded to the notification issued by J&K Public Service Commission and for the reason that the petitioners were not possessed of B. Sc. (Forestry) qualification were excluded from selection process which con strained them to file the writ petition wherein they sought quashment of the Notification dated 08.09.2010 and prayed for issuance of direction to the respon dents to permit them to participate in the selection process on the basis of their qualification, viz., B. Sc. Degree with (Forestry) as one of the subjects and M. Sc (Forestry) Degree.