GENERAL MANAGER Vs. V PRABHAKARAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The 1st respondent is a diploma holder in Civil Engineering which fact was specifically mentioned by him in his application. The post for which he applied was in the Integral Coach Factory. The advertisement inviting applications was issued in August 1992.

(2.) The qualifications as set out in that notification of 4th August 1992 reads thus,

(3.) It has been stated by the petitioner before us that in response to that notification 15,720 applications were received of which 3,882 applicants were technically qualified and those persons with technical qualifications alone were called for the written examinations. The number of posts for which the selection was required to be made is 176. None of those who had merely passed the matriculation but did not possess a technical qualification was called for the written examination.