PRAMOD KUMAR CHATURVEDI Vs. STATE OF U P

JUDGEMENT

(1.) S. N. Srivastava, J. Challenge in this writ petition is focused on the appointment letter dated 5-12-1990, passed by Mukhya Nagar Adhikari Nagar Nigam, Lucknow-respondent No. 2 issued to opposite party No. 5 appointing him as foreman in the R. R. Workshop, Nagar Nigam. Lucknow. The relief sought in the writ petition, besides being for a writ of certiorari quashing the appointment of the respondent No. 5 and recommendation of the Selection Committee dated 7-7-2000, is for a writ of mandamus directing the opposite parties to appoint the petitioner on the aforesaid post on account of his being the only qualified and eligible candidate as per the service Rules.

(2.) THE dispute in the present petition centers round the appointment on the post of foreman in R. R. Workshop (Health Department) by direct recruitment in Nagar Nigam, Lucknow. This post was advertised by Additional Mukhya Nagar Adhikari by the order dated 14-5-2000. According to the advertisement, the requisite qualification prescribed was certificate from I. T. I. and experience of 10 years as Mechanic/turner in the workshop. THE age prescribed for the post in the advertisement was between 18 to 30 with relaxation of five years to the applicants of reserved category.

(3.) I have bestowed my anxious consideration to the arguments advanced across the bar and have also gone through the materials on record.