Hon’ble Ashwani Kumar Mishra, J.—The jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been invoked by the petitioner for seeking the following reliefs :

“(I) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding respondents to provide his appointment when his other batchmates were appointed i.e. 20.5.1998 with all consequential benefits including fixation of pay, length of active services and arrears of pay with interest thereon 18% p.a. and seniority.

(II) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding respondents to fix the responsibility and punish the erring officials.

(III) Issue any other and further writ, order or direction as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.

(IV) Award costs of the petitioner.”

2. The petitioner’s case, before this Court is that he appeared in U.P. State Public Services Examination of 1994 batch, and was selected for the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police. A notification of appointment dated 26.3.1998 was issued, wherein the name of the petitioner finds mention at serial No. 15. This notification of appointment was not a par