JUDGMENT

B.R. Sarangi, J. - Dr. Kaushik Patnaik, who was a candidate for the post of Dental Surgeon in Group 'A' of Odisha Medical Services (Dental) Cadre under unreserved category, has filed this writ petition seeking to quash communication dated 16.11.2018 under Annexure-12, by which his candidature has been rejected on the ground of overage due to non-submission of service certificate from Government or DHS, and further seeks for a direction to publish the result of the petitioner in the written examination, which was held on 06.05.2018 and to provide the marks awarded to him forthwith.

2. The concise statement of fact is that the Orissa Public Service Commission-opposite party no.2 issued an advertisement vide Annexure-1 in its website for recruitment to the post of Dental Surgeon in Group 'A' (Jr.) of Odisha Medical Services (Dental) Cadre under Health & Family Welfare Department inviting online applications from the prospective candidates through the proforma application to be made available in the website from 20.03.2018 to 07.04.2018. By the time the advertisement was issued, the petitioner was rendering service as a Senior Resident in the Department of Periodontics at SCB De