DADAN KUMAR Vs. THE STATE OF JHARKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) HEARD counsel for the parties.

(2.) THE petitioner was a candidate for being appointed on the post of constable under the advertisement no. 03/2007 in the district of East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur vide annexure -1 advertisement notifying 454 posts containing all categories i.e. unreserved, scheduled tribes, schedules castes and other backward classes. Petitioner has scored 18 points and his name appeared at serial no. 1781 in the joint merit list of candidates successful in all tests (non home guard category). He however was not appointed and he has approached this Court in the present writ application in the year 2013 with a prayer for a direction upon the respondents to fill up the remaining 64 posts notified under the advertisement no. 03/2007 as they had remained vacant in the district of East Singhbhum, Jamshedpur. He has also made a prayer not to club 64 posts in advertisement no. 01/2010.

(3.) STATE respondents appear to have filed a counter affidavit taking a plea that the petitioner scored 18 points under the said recruitment exercise which is less than the cut -off 20 points scored by the successful candidates. Therefore, he should not be selected for the post of constable in the non -home guard category.