preference over and above other candidates having minimum requisite qualifications. A wide range of subjects which had been prescribed in the syllabus demonstrates the requirement of the Department is to have persons with proper skills to cater to the Government requirements. It is also stated that even if some States had provided any reservation in their services as per their own necessity, that would not bind others and that apart, majority of the States of the Country have not framed recruitment Rules in terms of the prayers made in the present petition. The National Forest Policy, 1988 prescribes guidelines for management of forest with the object of protection, preservation and forest management and it nowhere stipulates that only person having Forestry education would be given preference in Forest services and the policy only recognizes Forestry as a scientific discipline as well as a profession. Dealing with Clause 4.1.1 of the Policy, on which reliance is placed by the petitioners, it is stated that while prescribing academic and professional qualifications in the recruitment Rules, the same provides that Forestry should be kept in view for recruitment to Indian Forest Services and the State Forest Services, and accordingly, the State Government has already recognized the subject of Forestry and have included the same as an eligibility criteria. Even in Indian Forestry Service, there is no prescription allowing any additional weightage or special preference to the graduates / post graduates in Forestry. It is further stated that after a person joins the Department, irrespective of whether he is from forestry or any other stream, they are imparted two years training where 19 different subjects are taught to enable them to perform their duties.
