CHIRANJIT GHOSH Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner applied for the post of Constable in the Central Armed Police Force. The recruitment process of such post is conducted by the Central Staff Selection Commission. The Admit Card was issued in favour of the petitioner. On March 1, 2019, while the petitioner was travelling by Bus, his handbag containing Voter Card, Aadhaar Card and PAN Card, went missing. Immediately thereafter, the petitioner lodged a General Diary with the Anandapur Police Station and on the basis of the same, Anandapur Police Station G.D. Entry No.87 dated March 1, 2019 was registered. The petitioner reached the examination centre with the Admit Card together with the copy of such G.D. Entry and requested the authorities to allow him to sit for the examination. The petitioner was disallowed.

(2.) It is submitted by the learned Advocate appearing on the behalf of Union of India that the authorities follow a strict procedure in case of recruitment of huge number of people and insist that original Voter Card, Aadhaar Card and other identify proof and documents should be produced at the examination centre. According to him, the entire instructions as aforesaid, are printed on the overleaf of the Admit Card and the authorities could not deviate from their own norms. The authorities were bound by their own rules and regulations in this regard.

(3.) The authorities, however, will not suffer any prejudice by such an interim order because the petitioner is already otherwise eligible to sit for the examination and has been issued an Admit Card and as such, no separate arrangement is required to be made by the authorities in this regard, nor will the examination process, which is going on, be hampered by such an interim order.