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HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR
M. A. Chowdhary, J
Mohammad Umar Ullah Rather – Appellant
Versus
State (Now Ut) Of J&k – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The case of the Petitioner, as pleaded in the Petition on hand, is that in terms of Advertisement Notice published in the Daily Rising Kashmir, Srinagar in its edition dated 2nd of May, 2013 as also in the Daily Srinagar Times in its edition dated 4th of May, 2013, applications on plain papers came to be invited from educated youths of Village Shistergam on habitation basis, for having educational qualification of 10+2 and above, with a stipulation that only those candidates having Mathematics and Science background should apply within the cut of date viz. 07 days after the publication of the said Notice.
2. The Petitioner, being possessed of the requisite qualification, submitted his application form supported by the requisite documents for his selection and consequent engagement as Rehbar-e-Taleem (Science) in the newly upgraded Primary School, Shistergam.
3. Accordingly, the candidature of the Petitioner, along with other eligible candidates, was entertained and the selection process, as per the procedure prescribed was undertaken, whereafter, a tentative select list came to be drawn and notified by the Respondent No.5 vide notification published in daily Greater Kash
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