ORDER :

1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, an aspirant for appearing in the competitive examination for Direct Recruitment to the cadre of District Judge against the vacancies belonging to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, notified by the respondent-Rajasthan High Court vide notification dated 05.01.2021 issued under the Rajasthan Judicial Service Rules, 2010 (‘Rules of 2010’), claiming relief in the following terms:

“(i) Respondents may be directed to provide relaxation in upper age limit by five years for the candidate belonging to EWS reserved category also as has been provided to other reserved category candidates, in the matter of direct recruitment to the cadre of District Judge being made in pursuance the notification dated 05.01.2021 (Annexure-1).

(ii) Respondents may be directed to accept the application (hard copy) of the petitioner with required examination fee, for direct recruitment to the cadre of District Judge being made in pursuance the notification dated 05.01.2021 (Annexure-1).

(iii) Pleased to direct the respondents to consider the petitioner within age limit after giving the benefit of age relaxation and thereby consider him for the