PUNEET KUMAR Vs. GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) In this petition the petitioner has sought for a direction to the respondents to appoint the petitioner to any one of the four vacant posts out of the total 134 posts of Pharmacist (Allopathy) in the Health and Family Welfare Department of the Govt. of NCT of Delhi.

(2.) An advertisement was issued by the respondent No.2 inviting applications for various posts including the posts of Pharmacist (Allopathy) in the Health and Family Welfare Department. Pursuant to the said advertisement the petitioner submitted his application and he was called for tine written test and an admit card was issued to the petitioner to that effect. The petitioner alongwith other candidates appeared in the written test on 27/2/2000. The result of the aforesaid written test for filling up the posts of Pharmacist (Allopathy) was declared by the respondents on 20/4/2000 which was also published in the newspapers. The name of the petitioner was not included in the said list of successful candidates and accordingly, the present petition is filed in this court seeking for the aforesaid relief.

(3.) It was contended by the counsel appearing for the petitioner that while conducting the written examination and making the aforesaid selection bungling was done by the respondents and therefore, the result declared by respondent No.2 does not depict the correct and true picture of the performance of the candidates. It was also submitted that the bungling in the said examination is also proved from the press reports which were published in the newspapers on which reliance was sought to be placed by the counsel appearing for the petitioner. It was contended that the petitioner asked for the marks obtained by him during the aforesaid selection process but he was not furnished with his marks and therefore, his belief that there was bungling in the examination stand proved. It was also submitted that although there are total 134 posts yet the respondents proceeded to fill up only 130 posts without disclosing as to how many candidates were appointed from the General Category and how many posts were filled as against the reserved quota.