RAJESH NARAYAN Vs. STATE OF BIHAR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has challenged the selection for appointment as made in favour of Respondents 6 to 9 as Senior Residents, Department of General Surgery and Reproductive Biology, Urology and G.I. Surgery under Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sheikhpura, Patna (I.G.I.M.S. for short).

(2.) The sole question raised that the selection, in question, and appointment have been made solely on the basis of interview, without resorting to any other test, like written test.

(3.) It appears that in pursuance of a notice dated 27th June, 1998 published in the local daily "THE TIMES OF INDIA", the petitioner and others applied for appointment as Senior Resident in different Departments, as stated above. Three separate interview letters were issued for appointment of petitioner in respect of three Departments on 8th August, 1998. The interview held on 18th August, 1998 between 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m. and second from 2.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m., in which the contesting Respondents also appeared. After such interview, the contesting Respondents were selected and of the petitioner, this application has been preferred.