( 1 ) LEAVE granted.

( 2 ) THE judgment of the learned Single Judge of the Punjab and Haryana high Court which has been upheld in appeal by the Division Bench is under challenge in this appeal.

( 3 ) FROM the facts narrated, it is crystal clear that on 16-12-1991 the haryana Public Service Commission (for short "the Commission") issued an advertisement indicating the number of posts of Principal for being filled up in Higher Education Service Class II as 18 and it was also stated in the said advertisement that the number of posts would be subject to variation to any extent.

( 4 ) ON 1-6-1993, before the Commission finalised selection and made the recommendation pursuant to the advertisement as referred to earlier, the finance Commissioner and Secretary, Haryana Government, Education department, made a fresh requisition to the Secretary, Haryana Public service Commission indicating the number of vacancies as were available for 1991, which was more than 18. The Commission ultimately, by its letter dated 1-10-1993, recommended the names of 30 persons for the post of principal. One of the persons who was not selected, filed a writ petition before the High Court contending, inter alia,