Pramath Patnaik, J.

Challenging the selection process with respect to the posts advertized vide Advertisement (Annexure-1) and the results of the written test vide Annexure-4 and the notice dated 06.06.2007 by the J.P.S.C., whereby the vacancies in Mechanical Engineering have been reduced from 25 to 22 vide Annexure-3 to the writ application, the instant writ petition has been filed by the petitioner, inter alia, praying for direction to the respondents to start the fresh selection process.

2. The brief facts leading to filing of the writ application are that the petitioner applied for the post of the Mechanical Engineer in pursuance to the Advertisement published by the Jharkhand Public Service Commission for different posts vide Annexure-1 to the writ petition. The petitioner appeared in the preliminary examination. On 06.06.2007, J.P.S.C. published a notice in the newspaper revising the vacancy in different subjects and the vacancies in Mechanical Engineering were reduced from 25 to 22 vide Annexure-3 to the writ petition. The name of the petitioner did not find plac