1. - In this writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, Dr. Shyam Lal Mathur, has challenged the validity of the selection of Shri Vijay Singh Kulhari respondent No 2 and Dr. Orkar Singh Rathore, respondent No 3 for appointment on the post of Reader in the Dopartment of Extension Education in the Rajasthan College of Agriculture, Udaipur and their appointment on the said post. The petitioner in the writ petition has challenged the selection of DRC. Mehta, respondent No. 4, for appointment on the post of Professor in Extension Education and his appointment on the said post.

2. The facts, briefly stated, are, as under: The University of Udaipur (hereinafter referred to as 'the University'), has been constituted under the provisions of the Udaipur University Act, 1962. The Department of Extension Education is one of the Departments in the College of Agriculture of the University The petitioner joined the University in the year 1962 as Demonstrator in the Department of Extension Education, On 15th January, 1963 the petitioner was appointed as Lecturer in the said Department. In the year 1973 there occurred one vacancy on the post of Prof