AMRIT PATTOJOSHI Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This Public Interest Litigation has been filed challenging an advertisement issued vide Circulars dt. 14/12/2023 and dt.4/3/2024 by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India (respondent No.2) for filling up the post of Director of the Central Institute of Psychiatry (respondent No.7) and also the appointment made to the said post of one Dr. Tarun Kumar pursuant to the above advertisement.

(2.) The petitioner in the Writ Petition claims to be a renowned Psychiatrist currently serving as a Professor at Hi-tech Medical College, Bhubaneswar and acting as a visiting consultant at various hospitals. He also claims to be holding a position of Honorary General Secretary of Indian Psychiatric Society, Joint Secretary in SAARC Psychiatry Federation. He further claims to have been a Speaker and Researcher with numerous publications in National and International journals.

(3.) We may however note that the petitioner does not claim that he had also applied for the said position of Director of the 7th respondent institute along with Dr. Tarun Kumar and he should have been selected to the said post instead of Dr. Tarun Kumar.