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JavaScript

var jData = [{
  "employee_id": "1",
  "first_name": "Ganesh",
  "last_name": "Mulay"
}, {
  "employee_id": "2",
  "first_name": "Rahul",
  "last_name": "kumar"
}, {
  "employee_id": "3",
  "first_name": "Kiran",
  "last_name": "Raj"
}];

$('<select id="test">').appendTo('body');
$.each(jData, function(index, value) {
  $('<option>').val(value.employee_id).text(value.first_name + ' ' + value.last_name).appendTo('select#test');
});