DEVANAND GOND Vs. U O I

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner was a candidate for appointment of Constable in Para Military Force. The second respondent issued an advertisement dated 5.2.2011 calling application for appointment of Constables against 720309 posts. The petitioner made an application in response to the said advertisement. He cleared the Physical Standards Test,(PST) Physical Endurance Test (PET). He was also successful in the written examination and the medical examination.

(2.) THE petitioner claims that he had secured 54 marks out of 100 but his result was not declared. In this regard when petitioner made an enquiry it was revealed that several candidates who have secured lesser marks have been selected. The petitioner claims that he belongs to Scheduled Tribe -02 category. From the record it transpires that candidates were required to indicate their preference/option in respect of Central Police Organizations (CPO) and it was also provided that once the option is exercised it will be final. The second respondent gave the Code to the CPOs, as under : -

(3.) IT appears that persons who left the Column Blank and who did not give preference to their Organization they were placed only in the reserved list. A large number of similarly placed candidates who were placed under the reserved list on account of the fact that they could not give preference for the CPOs preferred writ petition before this Court being Writ Petition No. 3283 of 2012 (Bindhyachal Kumar Singh v. Union of India and others).