THE HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO WRIT PETITION No. 3081 OF 2011 O R D E R: This Writ Petition has been instituted calling in question the action of the respondents in not appointing the writ petitioner to the post of Junior Assistant-cum-Typist, pursuant to the notification issued on 27.09.2010 by Acharya N.G. Ranga University of Agricultural Sciences. To the extent it is absolutely necessary, it is appropriate to notice that among various other posts, four posts of open competition vacancies were notified to be filled in with women candidates. The writ petitioner is one such candidate, who responded to this notification. She has also appeared to the written examination followed by a viva voce test, but however, since she was not selected and appointed, she approached this Court suspecting that the respondent university has not filled up the four open competition vacancies notified by them, but preferred to fill up only the reserved segment vacancies. The respondents have filed a counter-affidavit in the matter through their Registrar. It is pointed out that for four posts of OC women category, 20 candidates were called for computer test and interview in the ratio of 1:5 and thereafter, a panel of 12 names in the ratio of 1:3 has been prepared. It is asserted that the writ petitioner stood at 5th place in the merit list and since there are only four vacancies, she could not come up for selection and eventual appointment. It is also made clear that one of the four who secured a better rank than the writ petitioner is incidentally belonging to backward classes ‘B’ group. Hence she came to be appointed. It is fundamental principle of law that any candidate belonging to the reserved segments also can compete with the open market candidates against the open competition vacancies. Open competition vacancies are meant to be competed by one and all, irrespective of their social status claims. Open competition vacancies are liable to be filled up strictly in accordance with merit ranking of the candidates. If any of the candidates belonging to the reserved segments, such as scheduled castes, scheduled tribes or backward classes secure adequate merit ranking, they are as much entitled to be appointed on the same basis and footing as that of any other non-reserved segment category candidates. Open competition vacancies are not meant to be insulated against a possible onslaught by virtue of competing merit of the candidate belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes or backward classes or any other reserved segments. Therefore, in view of the specific stand of the respondents that the writ petitioner stood in the merit list at No.5 as against four vacancies, no grievance with regard to her non-selection or non-appointment can be made out. Should the writ petitioner have any doubt in her mind with regard to her non-selection, it is always open to her to invoke the provisions available under the Right to Information Act, 2005, when so applied for, I am sure the respondent university will not hesitate to disclose the entire material to the writ petitioner. Hence, I do not see any merit in this Writ Petition and it is accordingly, dismissed at the stage of admission. No costs. ---------------------------------- (NOOTY RAMAMOHANA RAO, J) 25th March 2011 ksld