ROMESH KR SAMOTRA Vs. STATE OF J&K

JUDGEMENT

(1.) VIDE order No. 122/Estt of 2000 dated 1 -8 -2000 of the Transport Commissioner J&K Government, S/Shri Swaran Singh s/o Shri Gurcharan Singh and Pawan Kumar son of Suraj Parkash have been appointed as Motor Vehicle Inspectors (Technical) in the Transport Department in the Jammu Divisional Cadre, whereas S/Shri Abdul Majid Bhat son of Khazir Mohammad, Peerzada Shabir Ahmed son of Peerzada Ghulam Ahmed and Tariq Ahmed Mughal son Haji Mohd Sultan came to be appointed as Motor Vehicle Inspectors (Technical) in the Kashmir Divisional Cadre. Under challenge is their selection/appointments to the post of Motor Vehicle Inspectors (Technical).

(2.) IN brief, the facts are that vide advertisement Notice No. 3 of 1997 dated 29.4.1997 J&K Service Selection Board (hereinafter referred to as the Board) advertised three posts of Motor Vehicle Inspector (Technical) under Open Category. Out of the three advertised posts, two were for Kashmir Division and one for Jammu Division. Before the Board could complete the process of selection, communication No. TR -57/MVD -95 dated 4.12.1997 was addressed to the Secretary of the Board by the Under Secretary to Government Transport Department, whereby two more posts of Motor Vehicle Inspector (Technical), one for RBA category (roster point 2) and one for Scheduled Caste category (roster point 3), were also referred for selection to the Board. Accordingly, the Board was requested to make selection of five candidates instead of three already referred to the Board. It appears that in response to Notice No. 3 of 1997 dated 29.4.1997 the Board received large number of applications.. The Board short -listed the candidates and in this regard notice came to be issued in leading newspaper in its issue dated 15.6.1998 and candidates were called for interview as per short -listed criterion, which was as under: -

(3.) ALL eligible candidates who had applied for the aforesaid post and who fall in the said criterion are advised to appear before the Selection Committee on the scheduled dates, time and venue alongwith all original certificates/documents as required vide advertisement Notice No. 3 of 1997 dated 29.4.1997.