JUDGMENT :

(N. Kotiswar Singh, J.)

1. The present writ petition has been filed challenging the order dated 1st March, 2022, passed by the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Srinagar, (for short 'the Tribunal') in O.A. No. 108/2022, by which the learned Tribunal declined to interfere with the notice dated 3rd of February, 2022 issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (for short 'the Commission' or JKPSC) rejecting the candidature of the petitioner, on the ground of non-submission of Domicile Certificate within the cut-off date mentioned in the advertisement, but merely directed the respondent authorities to treat the application filed by her before the Tribunal as a representation and dispose of the same.

2. According to the petitioner, her candidature could not have been rejected by the JKPSC on the aforesaid ground in as much as she had submitted the Resident of Backward Area (RBA) certificate along with her application within time and she had also submitted the Domicile Certificate before the Main Examination along with the application form for the Main Examination required to be submitted after clearing the Preliminary Examination.

3. Brief facts of the case