LALIT KUMAR SHARMA Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner has preferred this writ petition, in sum and substance, for the following reliefs:-

(2.) The petitioners herein applied in the recruitment process for the post of Constable (GD) in ITBPF, BSF, CISF, CRPF, SSB and Rifleman (GD) in Assam Rifles in the year 2013. Petitioners cleared the exam for the purpose of recruitment in the State of Jammu and Kashmir on merits and accordingly their names were included in the select list. The petitioners, however, were granted appointment on account of the fact that they were having domicile certificates of the State of Rajasthan, whereas they were seeking appointment against the posts of Jammu and Kashmir. The only reason why the petitioners were considered for the State of Jammu and Kashmir is condition No.(4) of the advertisement, which reads as follows :

(3.) Counsel for the respondent at the outset submits that condition No.4(C) of the advertisement has been upheld by this Court in the matter of Sunil Kumar v. Union of India and Anr. (S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.4111/2014, decided on 08.1.2016). The judgment reads as follows:-