Sujoy Paul, J.

1. The interesting conundrum in this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution is whether the petitioner, a S.C. candidate is entitled to get vertical and horizontal reservations in view of her caste and on account of the fact that there exists a parallel reservation for women candidates.

2. In short, the relevant facts are that the petitioner pursuant to an advertisement (Annexure P/5) issued in May, 2015 by Director of Technical Education, Government of Madhya Pradesh submitted her on-line application for the post of Lecturer for various Autonomous/Government/Women Polytechnic Colleges in State of Madhya Pradesh. The petitioner submitted her candidature against the post of Lecturer in the stream of electronics and communication. In turn, petitioner was invited to appear in the interview on 27-8-2015. The names of candidates who were called for interview were shown in the official website of the department Annexure P/6.

3. After interviews were over, respondents posted the merit list as well as waiting list of Unreserved (UR), SC, ST and OBC categories in their official website on 18-9-2015 Annexure P/7. Petitioner's name finds place at Sr. No. 8 in t