JUDGMENT :

Tarlok Singh Chauhan, Judge

The petitioner is appellant, who, aggrieved by the order of dismissal of his writ petition, has filed the instant appeal.

2. The facts, as necessary for disposal of the appeal, are that respondent No. 1, i.e. Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education, Dharamshala, vide notification/advertisement dated 21.07.2016 invited online applications from bonafide residents of Himachal Pradesh, for the post of Computer Hardware Engineer on adhoc basis, for a period of six months on contract w.e.f. 22.07.2016.

3. The candidates, who had applied for the written test, were shortlisted and thereafter only six candidates were called to appear in the interview. Respondent No. 2 came to be selected and aggrieved by her selection, the petitioner had filed OA No. 1561 of 2017 before the erstwhile Tribunal and on closure thereof, the petition was transferred to this Court and registered as CWPOA No. 136 of 2019, and was eventually dismissed vide impugned judgment.

4. It is vehemently argued by Mr. K.S. Banyal, learned Senior Advocate, assisted by Mr. Vijender Katoch and Mr. Kunal Verma, Advocates, that the judgment passed by the learned writ Court is contrary to law,