[3] After some time, i.e., on 13.06.2003, Haryana Telecom Circle converted 5 posts reserved for Scheduled Tribe category to Scheduled Caste category as those posts were not filled up during the years 1996, 1997 and 1998 and were carried forward for recruitment in the year 1999. On availability of these five converted posts for Scheduled Caste category, another supplementary result was declared on 24.07.2003 in which respondent Nos.4 to 8 were declared successful. Meanwhile, one of the Scheduled Caste category candidate who was declared successful in the fifth supplementary result, unfortunately died and on availability of the resultant vacancy, the result of respondent No.9 was also declared. This is how the petitioner as well as respondent Nos.4 to 9 were declared successful for appointment to the posts of JTOs on different dates in the year 2003 after relaxing the standard of minimum qualifying marks. [4] The inter se seniority of the petitioner as well as private respondents was determined on the basis of the marks obtained by them in the Training which they underwent on their selection as JTOs. Based upon the inter se merit, those of the private respondents who got marks higher than the petitioner, were placed above him in the seniority list. This
