Hasnain Massodi, J.

Petitioners and respondents 3 to 16 are 2003 Batch Judicial Officers. They, responded under their respective categories, to the Advertisement Notice No. PSC/Ex-2001/64 dated 04.12.2001, issued by J.& K. State Public Service Commission, inviting applications from the eligible candidates for posts of Munsiffs in the grade of Rs. 8000-12950. They and other aspirants for advertised posts participated in the selection process and on the strength of merit secured, found placed in the select list issued by the J.& K. Public Service Commission. The merit position of petitioners, private respondents as also of other candidates as per the Merit List/select list issued by the Commission (Annexure (A) to the writ petition, was as under:

S. No.	Roll No.	Name of Candidate	Category	G Total (Marks)
1	-	Amerjeet Singh Langeha	RBA	646
2	049	Sandeep Kour	RBA	608
3	082	Amit Kumar Gupta	OM	604
4	014	Sandeep Gandotra	OM	603
5	064	Anoop Kumar	OM	597
6	154	Farooq