Honble CHAUHAN, J.–The petitioners in this case had applied for the post of Teacher Grades II and III in pursuance to the advertisement issued for the year 1995-96 by the Director, Primary & Secondary Education, Rajasthan, Bikaner. They faced the selection process but could not be selected for the reason that criteria adopted by the respondent-authorities for selection provided for giving ten bonus marks to candidates of urban area and fifteen bonus marks to candidates belonging to rural area. Petitioners, who belong to urban area, could secure less bonus marks than candidates belonging to rural area. Thus,petitioners have challenged the discriminatory criterion on the ground of residence in urban and rural area.

(2). Respondents have filed reply contending that State took policy-decision for providing more bonus marks to rural candidates `for uplifting the rural educated persons so that their services could be utilized to the upmost extent as such persons shall take keen interest and responsibilities for the up-liftment of socially backwards areas they hail from....The rural candidates will be willing to serve the rural areas happily and shall consider it their own work, thereby wo

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