The appellant challenged the decision of the Commission in Writ Petition No.1281 M B /2005 re numbered as Writ Petition No.297/2007 .
She cleared the Combined Civil Services Examination, 2002, preliminary as well as main.
She was interviewed by the Commission in May, 2005.
The other ground indicated by the Commission was that the appellant was number eligible to be appointed against the advertised post because the mark sheet of her examination of Diploma in Journalism was issued on 26.10.2002, i.e., after the last date fixed for receipt of application.
During the interview, the appellant was asked to indicate her preferences for various advertised posts.
She gave her 15th preference for the post of District Information Officer.
She was provisionally selected but her candidature was cancelled by the Commission vide Office Memorandum dated 4.10.2005 on the ground that she cannot take benefit of reservation in the State of Uttarakhand because she is a Scheduled Caste Valmiki of Punjab .
S. SINGHVI, J. Leave granted.
The appellant has questioned companyrectness of order dated 29.8.2011 by which the Uttarakhand High Court dismissed the writ petition filed by her in the matter of appointment as District Information Officer against the post reserved for Scheduled Caste.
In response to an advertisement issued by Public Service Commission, Uttaranchal number Uttarakhand for short, the Commission , which was published in newspaper Amar Ujala dated 25.8.2002 for recruitment against 833 posts in different cadres, the appellant submitted an application for appointment as District Information Officer mentioning therein that she is a member of Scheduled Caste.
