SUNIL KUMAR PATRA Vs. ORISSA LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE petitioner in this Writ Petition challenges the selection and appointment of opposite party nos.4 and 5 as Data Entry Operators in Odisha Legislative Assembly, Bhubaneswar.

(2.) THE case of the petitioner is that in response to a requisition made by the Odisha Legislative Assembly, his name was sponsored by the Employment Exchange as S.E.B.C Candidate to face the interview for selection and appointment to the post of Data Entry Operator in Odisha Legislative Assembly. According to the petitioner out of nine vacancies two were meant for S.E.B.C Candidates and out of the said two, one was meant for a candidate belongs to S.E.B.C (Woman). After the interviews were over a select list was not published and appointments were given to seven persons including opposite party nos.4 and 5 as Data Entry Operators. It was disclosed in the counter affidavit filed by Odisha Legislative Assembly in W.P.(C) No.27 of 2003 that the petitioner had been kept at Serial No.1 under S.E.B.C Category (Waiting List).

(3.) A counter affidavit has been filed by opposite party nos.1 and 2 stating therein that in order to fill up four vacant posts of Data Entry Operators, the Odisha Legislative Assembly Secretariate had requested the Employment Exchange to sponsor names of eligible candidates on 28.5.1998. In addition, applications were also invited from regular, ad hoc, seasonal employees of Legislative Assembly Secretariate for appointment against the said four vacancies through a notice dated 09.9.1998. A test as well as an interview was conducted on 12th and 13th of September, 1998 respectively. After evaluation of examination papers results were placed before the Selection Committee on 07.6.1999. The Committee recommended names of the following seven candidates as against seven vacancies in accordance with their merit, out of which four had been notified earlier and three were created later on. The recommended candidates are: -