ORDER

Per: - Rajinder Singh Dogra, Judicial Member

1. The SWP/WP(C) No. 1926/2016 was transferred from the Hon’ble High Court of Jammu and Kashmir at Jammu and was registered as T.A. No. 61/206/2022 by the Registry of this Tribunal.

2. The present matter was filed before the Hon’ble High Court with following prayer:

a) “Writ of certiorari quashing the order no DIP/J/3936/16 dated 24.8.2016 whereby selection list of teacher of District Cadre Samba made pursuant to the advertisement notification no 05 of 2013 and no.06 of 2013, Item No.503 and item no 605 to the extent the petitioners on the basis of their higher merit has been ignored and the respondent No. 6 to 11 has been selected despite the fact they are less in merit than the petitioners.

b) With further writ of mandamus commanding the respondent no 2 & 3 to select the petitioners on the basis of merit as the petitioners secured higher points as the merit disclosed in the selection list.”

3. The facts of the case as averred by the petitioners in their pleadings are as follows:

a) The petitioners, who are permanent residents of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir and citizens of India, have invoked the extraordinary writ jurisdict