Pradeep Nandrajog, J.

1. The three captioned writ petitions are a sequitur to a decision December 05, 2012, passed by a Division Bench of this Court in W.P.(C) No.6703/2012; and thus we begin our journey transposing ourselves back to the facts which led to the decision dated December 05, 2012.

2. It concerned appointment to the post of a Head Constable (GD) in the Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) through a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination held in the year 2011.

3. On May 31, 2011, CRPF invited applications from eligible constables to be appointed as Head Constables through a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination. 335 vacancies for males and 2 for females were notified to be filled up. 90 posts of males and 1 post of female in the OBC category were shown as reserved, to be filled up from amongst members of Other Backward Communities.

4. The writ petitioners of W.P.(C) No.6703/2012 pointed out that appointment through a Limited Departmental Competitive Examination was a case of promotion and not direct recruitment and thus no post could be filled up through reservation in favour of OBC candidates.

5. Agreeing with the legal stand taken by the petitioner