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4. The petitioner was appointed as a Deputy Jailor in 1994 after being selected and recommended by the U. P. Public Service Commission, The post of Deputy Jailor is a Group C (non gazetted) post whose appointing authority is the Director General (Prisons). The service conditions of the posts of Deputy Jailor are governed by the "Uttar Pradesh Jail Executive Subordinate (Non Gazetted) Services Rules, 1980" copy of which is Annexure-1 to the petition. It is alleged in para 4 that on 26.12.1987, the U. P. Public Service Commission made an advertisement for the Combined Lower Subordinate Service Examination in which besides the other posts, 114 posts of Deputy Jailers were also advertised. The petitioner also applied in pursuance of the advertisement. The admit card for the preliminary examination, which was scheduled to be held on 24.9.1989, was issued to the candidates. Copy of one such cards is Annexure-2. The preliminary examination was held in 1989 and the main examination in 1991. In para 6 of the writ petition it is stated that the process of selection which began in 1987 for the posts advertised could be completed only in the year 1993 when a list of successful candidates was published in different news papers on 27.7.1993. Thus the selection process took about six years to complete. A true copy of the select list/merit list is Annexure-4. The petitioner was declared as successful candidate and his name is in the select list. After completion of the selection process, the petitioner's name was recommended for appointment as Deputy Jailor and he was issued appointment letter dated 26.4.1994 vide Annexure-5.

6. In para 10 of the writ petition, it is alleged that the earlier selection process by which 114 posts of Deputy Jailor were advertised and which was being conducted by the U. P. Public Service Commission could not be completed expeditiously, and instead the newly established Commission without waiting for the result of the earlier selection process, started a fresh selection process and advertised sixty posts of Deputy Jailors by advertisement dated 27.10.1990 Annexure-6. This subsequent selection process was completed in a haste in 1991 in a very short span of time without due observance of the selection process and the selection process were completed on that basis and the select list was declared in November, 1991 and appointments were immediately made on the basis of the select list. A true copy of one of the appointment letters made on the basis of the subsequent selection is Annexure-7.