KULDEEP SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS writ petition has been filed by 18 petitioners praying for a relief to quash the corrigendum dated 9.7.2010, as published in the newspapers on 11.7.2010, in relation to the essential and preferential qualifications, particularly regarding experience for the post of Drug Inspector under Medical Department of the Government of U.P.

(2.) THE challenge was raised to the said corrigendum on several grounds, particularly, taking shelter of the judgment of a learned Single Judge of the Lucknow Bench, i.e.(Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.S.Chauhan) in Writ Petition No.5606 (SS) of 2010 Zunab Ali and Ors. Vs. State of U.P. and Ors., decided on 27.8.2010, which was upheld in Special Appeal No.804 of 2010, State of U.P. Vs. Zunab Ali and Ors. as well as the judgment in the case of Vinod Kumar Gupta Vs. State of U.P.

(3.) ON having perused the judgments aforesaid, a Division Bench of this Court doubted the correctness of the view taken by the Division Bench at Lucknow in Special Appeal No.804 of 2010, Zunab and Ors. and, accordingly, referred the matter to a larger bench vide order dated 11.2.2011 framing the following two questions: