JUDGMENT :

MANJU RANI CHAUHAN, J.

1. Heard Mr. Prabhakar Awasthi, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Vinay Kumar Singh, learned counsel for the respondent-Union of India.

2. By means of the present writ petition, the petitioner has made following relief:

“(i) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Certiorari, calling for the records of the case and to quash the impugned order dated 26th October, 2021 passed by Lieutenant Colonel Officer-In-Charge Rtg. respondent no. 3 (Annexure No. 7 to this writ petition).

(ii) Issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of Mandamus commanding the respondents to forthwith issue appointment letter and confer appointment in favour of petitioner as Draughtsman in General Reserve Engineer Force, Cenre DIGHI Camp Pune, Maharashthra......”

3. It is the case of the petitioner that pursuant to the Advertisement No. 1/2021 dated 20th February, 2021, the petitioner being possessed with matriculation and intermediate mark-sheets/certificates and three Years diploma in Architectural Assistantship, applied for the post of Draughtsman through offline application form. As per the said advertisement, total 43 posts of draughtsman were advertised i