Jetha Ram Inaniya @APPELLANT@Hash State of Rajasthan & Ors.

The petitioners have preferred this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India claiming the following reliefs:

“A. By an appropriate writ order or direction, the selection process for the post of Lab Assistant in pursuance of the advertisement dated

22.09.2016 (Annex.1) and amended/revised notification dated 19.10.2016 (Annex.2) may kindly be quashed and set aside.

B. By an appropriate writ order or direction, the respondents may kindly bedirected to publish the result of Lab Assistant for Ex-servicemen alongwith

cut off marks of the category (Horizontal Reservation).

C. By an appropriate writ order or direction, the respondents may kindly bedirected to relax criteria of 40% minimum passing marks for the

Exservicemen category as relaxed for the Gen (Gen), SC & ST, OBC (Gen & Fem) in Non TSP area and Gen, SC and ST in TSP area and

Horizontal Reservation DE (Gen/OBC) and DE (SC/ST), LD/CP (Gen/OBC) and LD/CP (SC/ST), HE (SC/ST) to provide benefit and execute the

12.5% reservation of the Ex-Servicemen category.

D. By an appropriate writ order or direction the respondents may kindly bedirected to consider the petitioners for the appointment for the post of Lab

Assistant.

E. By an appropriate writ order or direction, the respondents may kindly bedirected to permit the petitioners in the selection process for the petitioners

in the selection process for the post of Lab Assistant in pursuance to the advertisement dated 22.09.2016.

F. By an appropriate writ order or direction the respondents may kindly bedirected to give appointment to the petitioners on the post of Lab Assistant

after providing the relaxation by lowering the cut off from 40% minimum passing marks as provided to other categories in the same exam with all

consequential benefits.

G. Any other appropriate writ, order or direction which this Hon’ble Courtmay deem just and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case

may kindly be passed in favour of the petitioners.

H. Writ petition filed by the petitioners may kindly be allowed with costs.â€​

Learned counsel for the petitioners has argued that the condition of relaxation as prescribed in the advertisement dated 22.09.2016 for the

recruitment on the post of Lab Assistant has not been given effect to.

Learned counsel for the petitioners has stated that the Rajasthan Civil Services (Absorption of Ex-Servicemen) Rules, 1988 (hereinafter referred to

as ‘the Rules of 1988’), required the respondents to give 12.5% reservation but such reservation has been virtually negated because of the

qualifying marks prescribed by the respondents which is 40% as mentioned in the advertisement. The condition reads as follows:

“2- ijh{kk esa U;wure mRrh.kkZd 40 izfr’kr fu/kkZfjr gSA blls de vad izkIr djus okys vH;FkhZ fu;qfDr ds fy, ik= ugha gksaxsAâ€​

Learned counsel for the petitioners further states that the petitioners were not given any relaxation in Ex-servicemen Category.

Learned counsel for the respondents however, states that the relaxation for the Ex-servicemen is not provided in the Rules, which governed the

recruitment in question.

Learned counsel for the respondents has further shown that for every vertical category wherever there was an entitlement for relaxation, the same

has been provided to concerned category of candidates even if they were Ex-servicemen candidates.

It is also contended by learned counsel for the respondents that a uniform relaxation has been given to General/SC/ST/OBC category candidates as

per the conditions of the advertisement, and the persons availing the horizontal reservation, have been given specific benefit in accordance with their

vertical category.

After hearing learned counsel for the parties and perusing the record of the case, this Court is of the opinion that the petitioners, seeking recruitment

on the post of Lab Assistant in pursuance of advertisement dated 22.09.2016, are Exservicemen, and they are claiming such relaxation across the

Board in their horizontal reservation for the minimum percentage in view of the conditions stipulated in the advertisement itself.

This Court also finds that the Rules of 1988 do not provide for any specific relaxation to be given to the Exservicemen. This Court also takes note

of the fact that the Exservicemen have been given relaxation in accordance with their vertical category in which, they have participated in the

recruitment in question.

In view of the above, no interference is called for in the present writ petition and the same is accordingly dismissed.