Deepak Gupta, J. - This bunch of petitions is directed against the selections made by the respondents-State for admission to Junior Basic Training (for short: JBT) Course. The respondent No. 1 Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education issued an advertisement on 20th January, 2004 inviting applications for entrance test to the JBT course. On the basis of this entrance test, 1800 successful candidates were to be granted admission in various institutions all over the State. In this advertisement, the seats were distributed district-wise. The advertisement also prescribed reservations for various categories. The essential educational qualification for appearing in the test was 10+2 or equivalent. As per the general rules/guidelines, merit was to be prepared district-wise/category-wise by the board and the candidates were to be interviewed by the Selection Committee(s) at the Sub Divisional Headquarters. The general rule/guideline No. 5 of the advertisement provides that JBT training does not guarantee government job(s) after completion of the training. Condition No. 17 of General Rules/Guidelines for JBT Entrance Test reads as under:— “17. Question Paper.—There shall be one qu