DHANANJAY KUMAR MISHRA Vs. AIRPORTS AUTHORITY OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) All the four writ petitions viz. W.P.(C) 9687/2019, 9716/2019, 10697/2019 and 12124/2019 are taken up together as these invite consideration on common questions of facts and law. For the sake of brevity, the petitioners in W.P.(C) 9687/2019 shall be referred to as 'Dhananjay & Ors', and, the petitioners in the three other petitions shall be referred to as 'Arvind', 'Anand' and 'Jayalakshmi', respectively.

(2.) The petitioners are aggrieved of the fact that on the on-line applications made by them for being appointed to the post of Manager (Electronics) against the Advertisement No.02/2018 in short 'the Advertisement', issued by the Airport Authority of India in short 'AAI', though, they had qualified the on-line CBT examination conducted by AAI and were so eligible to be interviewed for the selection, their names appeared in the list of ineligible candidates. On the representations made there-against, AAI did not respond positively. It resulted into filing of the instant petitions.

(3.) The relevant facts emerging from the record are that the respondent- AAI, a Public Sector Enterprise, had issued the advertisement inviting applications for appointment from eligible candidates to various posts including the post of Manager (Electronics). In view of the fact that the instant petitions relate to the post of Manager (Electronics), the advertence to the invitation for other posts is not called for. For the post of Manager (Electronics), the stipulated minimum qualification was 'Full time regular B.E. / B. Tech. Degree in Electronics / Telecommunications / Electrical with specialization in Electronics'. In addition thereto, it stipulated '5 years work experience in Executive cadre in the field of Electronics and Telecommunications'. Relevant to the subject, it was also stipulated that the candidates from private sector should be drawing minimum CTC of Rs.11 lacs p.a. as on cut-off date i.e. 30.06.2018. The number of vacancies to be filled for the said post was 324, which could be increased or decreased at the sole discretion of AAI.