N SAMINATHAN Vs. GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU; DIRECTOR, DIRECTORATE OF EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING (TRAINING WING); JOINT DIRECTOR (CRAFTSMEN TRAINING)

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has filed the above writ petition to declare the notification dated 12.01.2016 issued by the third respondent inviting application for direct recruitment to the vacancies of Junior Training Officer posts in Government Industrial Training Institutes of Tamil Nadu in the Training Wing of the second respondent for the year 2014-2015 as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to law in so far as not indicating the date of the Preliminary Test (Screening Test) and also the Main Selection as illegal, arbitrary and contrary to law and consequently direct the respondents to issue fresh notification direct recruitment to the vacancies of Junior Training Officer posts in Government Industrial Training Institutes of Tamil Nadu in the Training Wing of the second respondent for the year 2014-2015 for indicating the date of the Preliminary Selection (Screening Exam) and by issuing the Hall Ticket to the petitioner and thereafter conduct the Main Selection and complete the recruitment process.

(2.) The case of the petitioner is that after completion of the Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in the year 1991, he studied B.E. Degree in Mechanical Engineering through part-time course from Madurai Kamaraj University during the year 1998. After completion of the Diploma, he was employed in various private companies as Supervisor.

(3.) The first respondent issued G.O.Ms.No.156, Labour and Employment (P2) Department dated 28.09.2015 for recruitment of Junior Training Officer in the Government Industrial Training Institute and fixed guidelines for selection. The qualification of the appointment under direct recruitment is 10th pass and NTC with 3 years industrial experience / 10th and NAC pass with 2 years industrial experience or Diploma in Engineering in the relevant field of engineering. The Government has decided to fill up the existing 329 post of Junior Training Officer and in this regard, the list of candidates were obtained from the employment exchange and also received application by making open advertisement. The selection process consists of screening test at State level to all eligible candidates with objective type questions covering Science and Maths subjects at 10th standard level including general knowledge. The candidates who had cleared screening test, in the ratio of 1:5 will be subjected to practical skill cum teaching ability test and interview.