1. The present petition is filed by the petitioner challenging the appointment of private respondent Nos. 5 and 6, as Para Teachers/EGS Guides, in village Lower Dharana, teshil Mendhar, district Poonch.

2. The case of the petitioner is that pursuant to notification dt. 10th of July' 03, issued by the official respondents, the petitioner along with other eligible candi#31;dates submitted his application for consideration for appointment against the post of Para Teacher/EGS Guide.

3. Pursuant to the receipt of applications, the Zonal Education Officer, Mendhar, prepared a merit panel of 54 candidates wherein the name of the peti#31;tioner figured at SI.No.20.

4. Counsel for the petitioner urged that even when the petitioner was more qualified and meritorious than the private respondents, who are possessed of 10+2 qualification only, and were inferior in merit, the case of the petitioner was not considered for appointment and the said private respondents were appointed illegally. To buttress the case of the petitioner, counsel for the petitioner referred to a report submitted by the Zonal Education Officer, Mendhar, to the Chief Education Officer, Poonch, dated 14th of Oct'08, in which r

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