JUDGMENT

1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner aggrieved against rejection of his candidature as Ex-Servicemen for recruitment on the post of Teacher Grade-III Level-1 pursuant to notification dated 31.12.2021.

2. It is, inter-alia, indicated in the writ petition that the petitioner, an Ex-Serviceman, who was retired w.e.f. 28.02.2019 (Annex.1), after retiring from the services applied for the post of Constable pursuant to the Recruitment-2019, wherein the petitioner was selected and accorded appointment by order dated 08.06.2021 and he joined on the same date.

3. Whereafter, advertisement dated 31.12.2021 (Annex.6) was issued by the respondents for the post of Teacher Grade-III Level- 1, wherein the petitioner participated in the recruitment as Ex- Servicemen and in the category of Ex-Servicemen, he obtained marks more than the cutoff meant for the said category and was called for document verification, however, after document verification, by order (Annex.9), the District Education Office rejected petitioner's candidature with the following observations:

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