KAILASH GAMBHIR, J.

( 1 ) BY way of this writ petition the petitioner is seeking directions against the respondents to appoint her as Member (Female), District Forum, Delhi pursuant to advertisement dated 06. 04. 2006. The facts of the case as set out in the petition are that the petitioner was earlier selected for the post of Member (Female), District Forum, Delhi on which post she continued to work till 18. 10. 2006. In the meantime, on 06. 04. 2006 respondent No. 2 through an advertisement invited applications from the suitable candidates for appointment on the post of Member (Female), District Forum, Delhi. The total number of existing vacancies were three and the last date of receipt as notified in the advertisement was 21. 04. 2006. In the month of April, 2006 the petitioner had gone abroad when the said advertisement was published and she had applied against the said post vide her application dated 01. 05. 2006 after coming back to india on 28. 04. 2006. The petitioner had submitted her application for the said post with a covering letter seeking condonation of delay in submitting her application. As per the petitioner approximately 54 candidates had applied for the said po