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2019 DIGILAW 1288 (JHR)

Ajit Kumar Bhaiya son of Shri Dharani Dhar Bhaiya v. State of Jharkhand

2019-07-16

SANJAY KUMAR DWIVEDI

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JUDGMENT : Per Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J. 1. Heard Mr. Lakhan Chandra Roy, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mr. Shahid, learned counsel for the State and Mr. Sanjay Piparwall, learned counsel assisted by Mr. Prince, Advocate for the JPSC. 2. The petitioner has preferred this writ petition for direction upon the respondents to prepare a fresh penal list of successful candidate of Jharkhand Engineering Service Examination, 2005. It is further prayed for cancelling the candidature of 333 candidates who had been selected on different posts of Water Resources Department and Road Construction Department, Government of Jharkhand. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that pursuant to advertisement made by the JPSC on 12.11.2005 for appointment of 335 Engineers in different part and different department of the State, the petitioner applied for appointment as Junior Engineer. Admit card was issued for the said examination and communicated to the petitioner a photo copy of which annexed as Annexure-2 to the writ petition. The petitioner was declared successful in the written examination of Junior Engineer. In spite of that he was not called for interview which was held on 14.05.2007. He further submits that after investigation it was found that the JPSC after making irregular selection approved 333 candidates for the posts of Junior Engineer in different departments, which was published in the newspaper. The petitioner sought information under the Right to Information Act wherein the information has been provided and the same has been brought on record by way of Annexure-6 to the writ petition wherein it is informed that the cut off marks for appointment on the said posts was 216 whereas the petitioner has obtained only 202 marks i.e. why he was not selected for the post of Junior Engineer. 4. In view of the Annexure-6, which is a document provided by the petitioner, sought under RTI Act, no case of interference by this Court is made out. 5. Accordingly the writ petition stands dismissed.