MANOHAR SINGH CHAUHAN Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The grievance of the petitioner is that though he was found to be the most meritorious candidate for being appointed as a professional Managing Director, Uttarakhand Co-operative Dairy Federation Limited, he has not been given appointment and, instead, respondent No. 5-Mr. Jaideep Arora, Joint Director, Dairy Development Department, Uttarakhand has been given the additional charge of Managing Director of the Uttarakhand Co-operative Dairy Federation Limited, i.e. respondent No. 3.

(2.) The earlier challenge raised by the petitioner to giving of the additional charge of the Managing Director to Shri Jaideep Arora, Joint Director, Dairy Development Department, Uttarakhand was rejected by the Court, since he was not appointed as a regular professional Managing Director, but had only been given the additional charge, and consequently, the fact that he was not qualified to become a regular professional Managing Director was not found to be good enough to remove him from the additional charge, which he was discharging.

(3.) Since respondent No. 3 did not proceed to make appointment of the professional Managing Director, this petition was preferred.