KAMLA SINGH Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD Sri Anil Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the petitioners, learned Standing Counsel for the respondent No. 1 and Sri Sunil Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the respondent No. 2.

(2.) BY means of the present writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus commanding the respondents to absorb/appoint the petitioners on the post of Conductor after entertaining their applications, in the light of Government Orders issued from time to time as well as by complying with the decision reported in 1995 (2) SCC 1 and the judgment and order dated 19.11.1998 of this Hon'ble Court passed in Civil Misc. Writ Petition No. 35745 of 1998 against the vacancies reserved for apprentices, as notified in the newspaper dated 03.10.2014, a copy whereby is contained in Annexure No. 1 to the writ petition.

(3.) LEARNED counsel for the petitioners has placed reliance to the order dated 19.11.1998 passed in Writ Petition No. 35745 of 1998 (Ravindra Tyagi and others Vs. The State of U.P. and others). The Hon'ble Court has considered the decision of the Hon'ble Apex Court U.P.S.R.T.C. and another Vs. U.P. Parivahan Nigam Shishuksha Berozagar Sangh and others, 1995 2 JT 26. For ready reference, the relevant portion of the order dated 19.11.1998 is reproduced below.