RAJENDRA BHARDWAJ Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is an appeal against the order dated 19. 12. 1996 passed in S. B. Civil Writ Petition No. 3006 of 1992. The Writ petition was initially filed by 15 persons on 25. 5. 92 out of which only two persons are appellants namely petitioner No. 11 A. R. Ansari and petition No. 14 Abdul Aziz as appellants No. 2 and 3 respectively. Rajendra Bhardwaj, the appellant No. 1, was not at all a party in the petition. Appellant No. 4, Naresh Surana, was impleaded as petitioner No. 18 only in pursuance of his application dated 10. 10. 96.

(2.) PETITION was admitted and notices of the petition were issued on 27. 5. 92. Following interim order was made on 27. 5. 92 on the stay petition: " Heard. Issue notice of the stay application. Meanwhile, petitioners who find their name in the merit list as sent by the Public Service Commission in the month of March, 1991, shall be given appointment as Hindi Stenographer in accordance with list on fresh appointment shall be given in pursuance of examination which have been held later. The petitioner may take notices `dasti' for service on the respondents. It shall be the duty of the petitioners to get the notices served within period of eight weeks from today, failing which this stay order shall automatically come to an end without reference to the Bench. "

(3.) THERE is no dispute that the life of the list published on 22. 3. 91 was for a period of two years i. e. upto 22nd March 1993 upto which it could be operated. it is also not in dispute that out of the 578 candidates declared successful only 429 candidates have been offered appointment and it is not the case of the appellants that any persons has been offered appointment by deviating from the order or merit in the list from amongst successful candidates.