PRABIR HALDER Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner in this WPCT under art.226 dated March 28, 2012 is questioning an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Calcutta Bench ( Circuit at Port Blair) dated January 20, 2012 (WPCT p.69) dismissing his OA.

(2.) THE petitioner filed the OA questioning the selection of the private respondents therein for appointment to the post of GTT(Maths) in the Directorate of Education, A & N Islands, Port Blair. The petitioner was one of the candidates for the post. Selection of the private respondents was questioned, inter alia, on the grounds that they did not possess one of the essential educational qualifications.

(3.) THE facts revealed by the file were not pleaded in the reply the official respondents filed before the Tribunal. The Tribunal specifically considered a part of the office note dated July 19, 2010 that for determining the essential educational qualifications eligibility of the candidates for the post of GTT( Maths ) the Department of Education had been following a particular practice for more than three decades.