JUDGMENT :

Sanjeev Kumar, J.

1. This appeal under Clause 12 of the Letters Patent is directed against judgment and order dated 08.11.2017 passed by the learned Single Judge [“Writ Court”] in SWP No.1218/2016 titled Aneesh Bhagat and others v. State of J&K and others, whereby the Writ Court has dismissed the writ petition.

2. Background facts necessary for disposal of this appeal are that vide advertisement notice No.02 of 2014 dated 30.12.2014 issued by respondent No.2, 235 posts of Junior Engineer (Civil) with following breakup were notified for selection.

The appellants along with others, being eligible in terms of the advertisement notification, applied for the posts in question under SC category. They were shortlisted and interviewed by respondent No.2. On conclusion of the selection process, respondent No.2 published select list in newspaper “Daily Excelsior” in its issue dated 12.05.2016 and instead of selecting 23 candidates under SC category, selection was indicated to be m