( 1 )

( 2 ) WITH consent of learned counsel for the parties, the petition is taken up for final disposal.

( 3 ) IN the month of May 1999 respondents published an advertisementiinviting applications from unmarried male Indian citizens for selection as Airmen in the Non technical Trades (Group Y ).

( 4 ) THE eligibility condition for the candidate in pursuance to the advertisement were as under :

" a) The candidate should have passed Matriculation Equivalent examination with a minimum of 45% marks in aggregate ; b) The candidate should have been born between 1. 11. 1980 and 1. 11. 1983. "

( 5 ) THE petitioner applied in pursuance to the advertisement on 17. 11. 1999. He was declared successful in the written examination. The petitioner thereafter appeared in the medical test and he was declared medically fit and was short listed. The petitioner was issued a call letter dated 20. 6. 2000 stating that the petitioner had been provisionally selected and asking the petitioner to report along with call letter on 1. 8. 2000. However, on 17. 7. 2000 the petitioner was issued a letter to the effect that due to administrative and other reasons the intake for which the petitione