SHOWKAT AHMAD KHAN Vs. STATE

JUDGEMENT

(1.) SELECTION of Mohammad Haneef, respondent no.5, as Turner, for the post notified in the Handicrafts Department of the State Government, by the Jammu & Kashmir Service Selection Recruitment Board, Srinagar, pursuant to Notification No.8 of 1995 dated 22.11.1995, has been questioned by the petitioner, Showkat Ahmad Khan, the unsuccessful candidate, on the ground that no proper Selection was conducted by the Board, in that, the expert on the panel of the Selection Committee, Molvi Mushtaq, respondent no.2, had not participated in the Selection process, on the ground that the selection, according to him, needed to be held on the basis of practical test of the candidates. Yet another ground pressed into service by the petitioner questioning the selection of respondent No.5 is that he did not possess requisite experience of 10 years in the trade of Turner and was thus disqualified for the Selection.

(2.) THE Jammu & Kashmir Service Selection Recruitment Board, Srinagar, has indicated in its reply to the writ petition that the Committee of three members was constituted by the Board to conduct interview of the eligible candidates and the criteria which was required to be followed by the Committee was as follows: -

(3.) PETITIONER 's plea that respondent No.5 did not have 10 years experience as Turner has been specifically denied by the Board.