JUDGMENT

Dr. B.R. SARANGI, J. - The petitioner-Asutosh Sahu, who is a minor, represented by his father guardian, has filed this application to quash Annexure-3 dated 24.05.2018, the list of rejected candidate showing rejection of application of the petitioner for admission into class-I in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Berhampur on the ground of “wrong selection of category”; and further seeks for direction to opposite party no.4 to admit him in Class-I in Kendriya Vidyalaya, Berhampur for the academic session 2018-19.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is that petitioner’s the father is working as Gramin Dak Sevak Branch Postmaster at Jhadankuli, Berhampur under the Ministry of Communications and I.T., Department of Posts of the Government of India. Pursuant to notification issued by the Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Berhampur, the father of the petitioner applied for admission of his son in Class-I in the priority service category-I. On consideration of his application, the selection committee prepared a list of selected candidates in which the name of the petitioner was found place at Sl. No.89. Consequentially, the petitioner’s father was called upon by the School authority alo