WPSS No.282/2010 Hon’ble Tarun Agarwala J. Mr. D. C. S. Rawat, the learned counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Subhash Upadhyay, the learned brief holder for the State. An advertisement was published in the daily newspaper on 27.12.2005 inviting applications for B. T. C. course. The petitioner applied and was successful in the entrance examination, which was held on 23rd August, 2009. The list of successful candidates was published in the newspaper on 13th March, 2010 in which the petitioner was declared as a successful candidate in the general category. Subsequently, another list dated 20th April, 2010 was issued indicating the petitioner’s name in the waiting list. The petitioner, being aggrieved, has filed the present writ petition praying for a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to give admission to the petitioner in the B.T.C.course in the institute at Almora. A counter affidavit has been filed indicating that the select list which was published on 13 March, 2010 was tentative in nature and subsequently, a final list was published on 20th April, 2010 in which the petitioner was placed in the waiting list. The court has perused the two lists, which were published. The list of successful candidates, which was published on 13th March, 2010 does not indicate that the said list was tentative in nature and was subject to the finalization. Consequently, once the petitioner has been declared successful in the list published, the reasoning adopted by the respondents appears to be afterthought and cannot be accepted. Consequently, the writ petition is allowed and a writ of mandamus is issued commanding the respondents to call the petitioner for admission in the B. T. C. course within four weeks from the date of the production of a certified copy of this order. (Tarun Agarwala, J.) Dated:10.6.2010 Nishant