JASRAJ JAVA Vs. STATE OF RAJ.

JUDGEMENT

(1.) APART from questioning the vires of Rule 12 of the Rajasthan Municipalities (Safai Employee Service) Rules, 2012 (for short hereinafter referred to as "the Rules of 2012"), the petitioners seek an appropriate writ or direction to permit them to participate in the selection process initiated for appointment to the post of Sweeper vide advertisement dated 25.5.2012. A direction to the respondents for relaxation of their age as mentioned in the advertisement has also been sought for.

(2.) WE have heard Mr.Nishant Motsara, learned counsel for the petitioners and Dr.Pratishtha Dave, Mr.R.S.Saluja & Mr.Yashwant Mehta, learned counsel appearing for the respondents.

(3.) AS will appear from Rule 6 of the Rules of 2012, as extracted hereinabove, the insertion made by the Notification dated 18.4.2012 was not integrated therein and, as such, for direct recruitment of a candidate in terms of the Rules of 2012, the lower and upper age limit stood as 18 years and 35 years respectively. In terms of the proviso however, the candidates of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe community were entitled to age relaxation of five years in the upper age limit. Further, the upper age limit for the Ex serviceman was fixed as fifty years.