Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J.

1. Secondary Education Department, Government of Rajasthan in order to fill the vacancies of 344 Librarians Grade-III, in the non-scheduled areas and 218 Librarians Grade-III in the scheduled areas made a request for recruitment to the Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Selection Board, Jaipur (hereinafter called 'the Selection Board'). In the State of Rajasthan, the Selection Board is a recruitment agency and selection body for Class-III employees. The Selection Board the respondent No. 2 on 21.9.2016 issued an advertisement in the newspaper. In the advertisement so issued, it was stated that the candidates desirous for applying for the post of Librarians Grade-III should be minimum of 18 years of age and maximum 35 years of age on cut off date i.e. 1.1.2017.

2. It is admitted fact that since the year 1994, no recruitment has been made for the post of Librarians Grade-III for the Secondary Education Department in the State of Rajasthan. Since the advertisement has been made after twenty-three years, number of candidates who had obtained requisite qualification, and are eligible for the post of Librarians Grade-III, have become overage.