1. - This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed seeking a direction to be issued to the respondents to appoint the petitioner on the post of Munsif and Judicial Magistrate w.e.f. the date persons ranking below in the merit list of selected candidates forwarded by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission were appointed and he be assigned due seniority.

2. The facts which are necessary to be noticed for the disposal of this writ petition briefly stated are that in pursuance of the advertisement for selection to the Rajasthan Judicial Service issued on 17.5.1992 by the respondent No. 1, the State of Rajasthan, the petitioner applied for recruitment to Rajasthan Judicial Service. The petitioner appeared in the written examination, result of the examination was published in the Rajasthan Patrika on 4.12.1992 and he was declared successful. The petitioner was intimated vide letter dated 23.12.1992 that his candidature has been cancelled since he is overage on 1.1.1993 and as such he would not be called for interview. The letter order dated 23.12.1992 was challenged by the petitioner by way of filing a writ petition which was registered as D.B.