Hence the present appeal.
One of the posts of Excise Taxation Officers was reserved for the wards of freedom fighters.
2, the Punjab Public Service Commission did number companysider his candidature for the P.C.S. Executive Branch on the premise that as he had applied as a ward of a freedom fighter against the reserved post in the category of Excise Taxation Officers, therefore his case was to be companysidered only for that category.
It is an admitted case that there was numberreservation in favour of the wards of the freedom fighters either in the P.C.S. Executive Branch or against the posts of Assistant Registrars, Co operative Societies.
However, he gave his first choice of service as the P.C.S. Executive Branch and second that of Excise Taxation Officer.
The appellant, who claimed to be the son of a freedom fighter applied.
The appellant passed the companypetitive examination and also appeared in the viva voce and as envisaged by the rules, a joint merit list was prepared and appointments were ordered to be made on the basis of that list in the order namely i to the posts in the P.C.S. Executive Branch , then to those of Excise and Taxation Officers and finally to those of Assistant Registrars, Co operative Societies.
Challenging the action of the Commission, the appellant filed a writ petition but the same was dismissed by the High Court.
Refuting the stand taken by the Public Service Commission the appellant also companytended before the High Court that he secured more marks than respondent No.
Jayachandra Reddy, J. Leave granted.
The grievance of the appellant is that respondent No.
4 yet he was declared successful for being selected in the P.C.S. Executive Branch , the High Court, however, dismissed the writ petition holding that the selection of respondent No.
The Punjab Public Service Commission issued an advertisement dated 22.7.1989 for companyducting examination for Punjab Civil Services Executive Branch Allied Services to fill in eight posts to the P.C.S. Executive Branch , four posts of Excise Taxation Officers and five posts of Assistant Registrars, Co operative Societies.
