JUDGMENT :

BISWANATH RATH, J.

1. This Writ Petition was originally filed and registered as O.A. No. 3110(C) of 2013 on the File of the Orissa Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack. On abolition of the Tribunal, the Petition has been transferred to this Court for being decided under the provision of Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India.

2. The Writ Petition involves the following relief claimed:

“Under the above circumstances, it is humbly prayed that the Original Application may be allowed:

(a) This Hon’ble Tribunal may graciously be pleased to quash the selection process and the consequential Select List prepared for the post of Sub-Inspector of Excise.

(b) This Hon’ble Tribunal may further be pleased to direct the respondents to prepare the select list afresh by suitably correcting the total marks of the applicant as 197 and accordingly issue a revised recommendation in favour of the applicant for being appointed as Sub- Inspector of Excise and issue appointment order in favour of the applicant and the consequential service and financial benefits retrospective from the date of appointment of Respondent No. 5 who has secured total 196 marks has already been appoin