(1.) This Petition under Article 226 of Constitution of India has been filed seeking following reliefs:
(2.) It is the case of petitioners that they appeared in examination of Group-IV Combined Recruitment Examination, 2018 conducted by Professional Examination Board and on 12/12/2018 some candidates were selected to the post of Assistant Grade-III and some were selected for Steno Typist in the department of Chief Electoral Officer. It is submitted that respondent No.3 is under obligation to issue appointment orders of petitioners within three months of their selection as per procedure of recruitment but they have not issued the same till today, whereas validity of merit list is up to 12/12/2019. Thus, it is the case of petitioners that although they have been selected but their orders of appointment have not been issued. Thereafter, during pendency of writ petition, the petition was amended and an additional relief was claimed thereby seeking quashment of order dtd. 11/11/2019 by which merit list was cancelled.
(3.) The moot question for consideration is as to whether a selected candidate has a right to claim appointment or not?