G.S. Singhvi, J. - (1.) The petitioner, who is a member of Scheduled Caste being Bairwa by caste has filed this writ petition for issue of a direction to the respondent No. 2 namely the District Education Officer (Boys), Bikaner to consider his candidature for appointment on the post of Librarian Gr. III.
(2.) Facts of the case lie in a very narrow compass and they are that the petitioner passed his secondary school examination in the year 1987 from the Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan Ajmer. He passed Hr. Secondary from the same Board in the yea: 1988. He passed Library Science course from the University. of Ajmer in the year 1991. He got himself registered with the Social Welfare Department at Sikar. The petitioner applied for appointment on the post of Librarian Gr. III in pursuance of the advertisement issued on 9.1.92 by the District Education Officer (Boys), Sikar. The petitioner was treated eligible for being called for interview and therefore, he was asked to appear for interview on 17.3.92, as would appear from the letter dated 7.3.92 (Annexure-6). The petitioner has stated that when the merit list was prepared by respondent No. 2, his name was placed at serial No. 6. However, when the final select list was issued, his name was not shown in the list on the ground that he has not been considered eligible for being selected in the post because he had not produced a certificate showing. himself to be a permanent resident of Sikar.
(3.) The petitioner has stated that his father has been working as Malaria Inspector in the Medical and Health Department and is posted at Chhawni, Nim Ka Thana, District Sikar. He has produced a certificate issued by the Sub-Divisional Officer, Nim Ka Thana as well as a certificate issued by the Medical Officer, Primary Health Centre, Sirohi, District Sikar and the District Social Welfare Department showing that his father's family is a permanent resident of District Sikar.;