JUDGMENT :

Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. According to petitioners, they possess all requisite qualification for appointment as Pharmacist in Department of Ayurvedic & Unani Services. Petitioners belong to Scheduled Caste category. Their grievance is that in the advertisements issued by respondent no. 2 inviting applications for the post of Pharmacist in recent past, adequate number of posts were not reserved for persons belonging to Scheduled Caste. This, according to them, violates Reservation Policy of the State. They have challenged the advertisement dated 26.09.2020, on the ground that out of 71 posts, which were advertised, only one post is reserved for S.C. category.

3. Perusal of impugned advertisement reveals that it was issued for amending earlier advertisement, issued on 24.09.2020. In the earlier advertisement (Annexure-5 to the writ petition), no post was reserved for persons belonging to Scheduled Caste and Other Backward Classes, while in the impugned advertisement, one post is reserved for S.C. category persons.

4. The relief sought by petitioners in this writ petition are as follows:-

“I. issue a writ, or order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashin