AMAN YADAV Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The present petition has been filed seeking direction to the respondent nos. 3 and 4 to verify the documents of the petitioner and to clear him for participation in Stage-III of the recruitment process for the post of Navik (GD) in the Indian Coast Guard (in short, 'ICG').

(2.) It is the case of the petitioner that pursuant to the advertisement published by the ICG, the petitioner applied for the post of Navik (GD) in the ICG through online mode. The petitioner appeared for and cleared the Stage-I written examination conducted on 27/9/2021 at Vijaywada, Andhra Pradesh. Pursuant to same, the petitioner also qualified Stage-II of the recruitment process, which was a physical examination conducted on 17/11/2021 at the Examination Centre, Goa. The petitioner, however, was declared 'fail' at the time of verification of documents though all his documents were in order and he had produced them for verification.

(3.) The respondents supplied their counter affidavit through email. The same is taken on record. The learned counsel for the petitioner waived his right to file rejoinder.