JUDGMENT :

Hiranmay Bhattacharyya, J.

1. The judgment dated 29th November, 2023 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Kolkata, Circuit Bench at Port Blair (for short “the Tribunal”) is under challenge in this application under Article 226 of the Constitution of India at the instance of the original applicant in OA 351/01913/2018/AN.

2. The original applicant/petitioner herein applied for the post of Craft Teacher under the Department of Education, Andaman & Nicobar Administration in response to a vacancy notice issued by the respondent Administration on April 20, 2015. Out of total 43 posts of teachers, 10 posts were for Tailoring and Embroidery Teachers. Out of the said 10 posts 3 posts were reserved for Other Backward Class category, 3 posts were reserved for Schedule Tribe category and 4 posts were under the unreserved (General) category. The petitioner belongs to general category. She qualified in the selection test and claims to have been placed in the third position in the unreserved general category in the provisional list published by the respondent Administration. Subsequently, the petitioner came to know that she was placed in the fourth position after revision o