JUDGMENT :

B.N. Mahapatra, J. - This Writ Petition has been filed seeking for a direction to Opposite Parties for appointment of the Petitioner in the post of Lecturer, Stenography & Secretarial Practice in Class II in Orissa Technical Education & Training Service (for short 'OTE & T') on the basis of the select list prepared by the Orissa Public Service Commission (for short 'OPSC') in the year 1989.

2. The facts & circumstances giving rise to the present Writ Petition are that during 1988 a requisition was made to the OPSC for recruitment to the post of Lecturers in Engineering Schools & Polytechnic in Class-II service vide Industries Department letter No. 11-110-16281 'dated 26.05.1988. In pursuance of an advertisement published by the OPSC, the petitioner along with others appeared at an interview conducted by the OPSC in the year 1989 for the said post. A select list was prepared on 25.07.1989 (Annexure-1) by the OPSC in which the name of one Ashok Kumar Rath was recommended for the said post. While doing so, a list of nine-eligible candidates under general category in order of merit was, also furnished by the OPSC to the Government as no SC & ST candidate was available. The cas