Honble GARG, J.–This writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed by the petitioner on 14.12.1998 against the respondents with the prayer that by an appropriate writ, order or direction, the impugned order dated 12.11.1998 (Annex. P/9) passed by Director, College Education, Rajasthan, Jaipur (respondent No. 1) by which the prayer of the petitioner claiming seniority over the persons selected in the year 1969 was rejected, be quashed and set aside.

(2). The case of the petitioner as put forward by him in this writ petition is as follows:-

In response to the advertisement issued in the year 1968 for the vacancies of 1967-68 by the Rajasthan Public Service Commission (for short ``RPSC) for recruitment, selection and appointment to the posts of Lecturers against various specialities including the Speciality of Physics, the petitioner applied against the Speciality of Physics. Thereafter, list of selected candidates in the Speciality of Physics was issued inter-alia other lists. The total seats of the Lecturers in the Speciality of Physics in the Department of College Education were 12 and in the merit list, the name of the petitioner was shown at serial No.

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