JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Writ appeal is filed under Clause 15 of the Letter Patents Act praying to set aside the order dated 02.08.2013 made in W.P.No.18166 of 2012 and consequently allow the writ petition and declare that the appellant is deemed to have been selected and appointed as Assistant in the Registration Department based on his written marks on par with an Ex-Serviceman who has secured lower merit than the appellant.)

S. Vaidyanathan, J. & Mohammed Shaffiq, J.

1. The present Writ appeal is filed challenging the Order of the learned Single Judge dismissing the Writ petition as having become infructuous on the premise that selected candidates have been recruited and appointed in the respective posts.

2. The petitioner had completed his 10th standard in the year 1980 and had completed his higher secondary/ +2 in the year 1982 as would be evident from the certificates dated 30.05.1980 and 10.06.1982 respectively. The petitioner had been in service for 22 years with the Indian Army and was issued with a Graduation Certificate on retirement in the year 2009 . The said Graduation certificate was issued in terms of notification of Union of India in 15012/8/82/Est (D) in terms of Rule 6(4) o