JUDGMENT :

MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI, J.

By means of this writ petition, petitioner has sought the following substantive reliefs:

“(i) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus holding and directing that the inaction on the part of the State Govt. in granting appointment to the petitioner on the post of Assistant Conservator of Forest is unjust and improper.

(i) a issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari calling for the records and quashing the annexure-12 order dated 12.07.2023 issued on behalf of the 1st respondent.

(ii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the State Govt. (respondent no. 1) to issue appointment order in favour of the petitioner against the vacancy of the post of ACF that remained unfilled in the ACF Examination 2019.

(iii) issue a writ, order or direction in the nature of prohibition restraining the State Govt. from carrying forward and supplying the unfilled vacancy of Assistant Conservator of Forest requisitioned to the Commission for the ACF Examination 2019 during the pendency of the present writ petition.”

2. Petitioner responded to an advertisement dated 30.07.2019 issued by Uttarakhand Public Servic