JAVED IQBAL WANI
Zamruda Akhter, W/o. Rehmat-ullah – Appellant
Versus
State of Jammu and Kashmir, through its Commissioner/Secretary Social Welfare Department – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The issues involved in the instant petitions are analogous and akin to each other, as such, the petitions are disposed by this common judgment.
2. Before proceeding to advert to the issues raised in the instant petitions, the brief background of the facts emerging from the record needs to be delineated hereunder:
“Eligibility Conditions:
(i) Minimum educational qualification: Matriculation.
(ii) Age (As on 01.01.2005): Between 21 to 45 years.
(iii) The applicant must be a Permanent Resident of J&K State and should belong to/permanently reside in the Panchayat Halqa or Ward (in the case of towns/cities), where Anganwari Centre is located.”
- Consequently, in District, Poonch, an advertisement notice came to be issued by the Chief Development
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