SURENDRA KUMAR Vs. SHRI ASHIM KHURANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Vide order dated 17.05.2017, this court issued the following directions:-

(2.) Pursuant to the aforesaid directions, the petitioner filed a representation. Vide order dated 16.02.2018, the Secretary-cum-COE of the Staff Selection Commission has rejected it by the detailed order.

(3.) Mr. R.B. Sharma counsel for the petitioner submitted that the representation has been mechanically addressed and rejected without due application of mind. He submitted that spirit of the court's order dated 17.05.2017 was to ensure that there was no discrimination vis-a-vis the other appointments to the post of Constable (GD) with the Para Military Forces pursuant to the advertisement in issue. He submitted that has been ensured inasmuch as candidates belonging to the OBC category, to which the petitioner belongs, having lesser marks than the petitioner in the examination have been appointed. It was submitted that this fact by itself indicates that there has been bungling in the appointments to the post of Constable (GD) pursuant to the advertisement dated 05.02.2011. The rejection of the petitioner's representation mechanically despite the court's order on 17.05.2017 to consider it fairly to ensure non-discrimination constitutes contempt. For which the respondents be punished.