SUDHIR SHARMA Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner in the instant writ petition sought the following relief:

(2.) Facts in brief are that the petitioner appeared at the Combined Competitive Examination 1991 for the State and Allied Services, results of which were announced on August 7, 1993. In accordance with Rules of competitive examination 1962, the petitioner gave preference for appointment as under:

(3.) The petitioner was selected for all the said three services but since his position in regard to R.A.S. was little lower he was not selected/appointed for RAS. But in so far as 2nd preference is concerned the petitioner's merit position being at No. 35 and 2 persons above him were Sarava Shri Raghuvar Dayal Merit No. 6 and Ram Niwas Sharma Merit No. 29, having got less than 60 marks in interview, the petitioner's merit position became at No. 33 which entitled him to be selected appointed in the R.P.S. against the non joined non- filled vacancy of Shri Gyan Prakash Gupta who was appointed at S.No. 3 by the order dated February 26, 1994.