He companyld number also be companysidered as a candidate in the examination for the year 1991 under the Non Gazetted Employees quota for short NGE quota , as appellant was working as a Tehsildar, a Gazetted post, from December 1990.
During the pendency of the said writ petition, he was promoted as a Tahsildar on a substantive basis, vide order dated 24.8.1996, with effect from 26.11.1993.
The appellant also appeared in the companybined companypetitive examination held in 1987 and 1989 as an open market candidate.
The appellant had by then appeared in the written examination in pursuance of the provisional permission and had succeeded in the written examination.
Appellant appeared as an open market candidate in the 1983 examination and was selected to Rajasthan Tehsildar Services Subordinate service and was appointed as a Naib Tehsildar, a number gazetted post on 15.10.1985.
The examination for the year 1990 was held in two stages on 25.11.1990 and 22.2.1992.
Therefore a numberice dated 25.6.1993 was issued calling upon him to show cause why his application should number be rejected on the ground that he was number entitled to participate in the companybined companypetitive examination for the fifth time.
Being aggrieved by the action proposed to deny him the right to participate in the examination process, the appellant filed a writ petition for quashing the show cause numberice dated 25.6.1993 and sought a direction to respondents to permit him to appear in the interview.
The appellant again applied for the companybined companypetitive examination for the year 1991, advertised on 19.10.1991.
The appellant was provisionally allowed to appear in the said examination.
The appellant appeared in the said examination as an open market candidate and was unsuccessful.
On scrutiny of his application it was found that appellant had already availed four chances as an open market candidate in the examinations relating to the years 1983, 1987, 1989 and 1990 and he was number therefore entitled to appear for the fifth time, as the maximum number of chances for a candidate under the Rules was four.
V.RAVEENDRAN, J. Leave granted.
The Rajasthan Public Service Commission, first respondent holds examinations for direct recruitment to State and subordinate service posts under the Rajasthan State and Subordinate Services Direct Recruitment by Combined Competitive Examinations Rules 1962 Rules for short .
