JUDGMENT :

Reportable

1. By way of instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner has laid a challenge to rejection of his candidature for appointment on the post of LDC pursuant to Recruitment of 2013 and has prayed to direct respondents to accord him appointment on the post of LDC-2013 with all notional benefits.

2. In the writ petition, petitioner has pleaded that pursuant to advertisement of 2013 issued by the Panchayati Raj Department; he applied for appointment on the post of LDC in the SC category before the Zila Parishad, Sikar, petitioner was called for documents verification and according to his mark-sheet of Polytechnic diploma (Civil) of year 2010 and on the basis of his experience certificate dated 25.03.2013, petitioner scored 65.72 marks; in the provisional merit list dated 14.09.2022 for appointment on the post of LDC in Zila Parishad Sikar, the last cut off marks for candidates of SC category is shown as 59.22 marks, however, petitioner was not selected, therefore, he submitted objections before respondent No.2, then he came to know that his certificate of Polytechnic diploma (Civil) has not been treated as equivalent qualification to