The division a bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and Pankaj Mithal also mentioned that two of the notified vacancies shall not be filled in the interim.

In the said matter, Advocate Mandeep Kalra, filed a plea on the behalf of the the women aspirant.

In its plea it was mentioned that the January 18 notification reserving six out of nine posts for male candidates, denies equal opportunity to women.

The petitioners had secured the fourth and fifth rank among the women candidates, but were unable to secure their name in the merit list due to the quota for men, it was argued.

"The provision/ practice/ criterion of unequal sex-based vacancies vide the the above-mentioned notification, not only unabashedly violates the non-discrimination guarantee embodied in Article 14 and 15(1) of the Indian Constitution,'the petition said.

Further they also challenged the rules of non-disclosure of marks at different stages of the selection process and shortlisting.

"There exist myriad inconsistencies with the selection procedure, on the grounds that: first, it involves shortlisting of Applications on ‘undisclosed grounds’ and for which no merit list is declared publicly; and second, that the candidates failing the first stage (Stage I) are not apprised of either the grounds or the merit list justifying the rejection at Stage I ... such inconsistencies are liable to be quashed & set-aside in light of the Principles of Natural Justice, Equity & Good Conscience," it was submitted.

The Court agreed to examine the matter and issued notice to the Central government.

The next date of the hearing will took pace after 4 weks.