1. This petition is admitted to hearing and taken on board for final consideration as it pertains to the year 2009.

2. Through the instant writ petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs:-

(i) Writ of certiorari to set aside and quash the final select list issued on 12.06.2009 by the Secretary, J&K Service Selection Board, whereby the respondent No. 3, who is lower in merit than the petitioner, has been selected in O.S.C category, in place of the petitioner.

(ii) Writ of Mandamus commanding the respondents to consider the petitioner for selection and appointment to the post of Junior Engineer Mechanical.”

3. The factual matrix of the case is that the petitioner claims to be a graduate in Automobile Engineering from Gulbarga University. He has passed his M. Tech. in Mechanical Designs in the year 2007. On 31.05.2008, the J&K Service Selection Board issued Advertisement Notification No. 08 of 2008, inviting applications for the posts of Jr. Engineers (Mechanical). The petitioner being eligible submitted his application form along with the certificates of qualifi