JBT Year2000 NEWS: 2014

Monday, 1 December 2014

Case Details For Case LPA-98-2014 of 2k jbt trs

Check Status Of Original Case CWP-269-2010

Case Details For Case LPA-98-2014

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1122545

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Monday, 24 November 2014

Distt kaithal MLA's ko policy banwane k liye gyapan dete 2k trs

Distt. Kaithal k 2k jbt trs Pundri k independent MLA Dinesh Kaushik se policy banwane k liye mile or gyapan diya

Kalayat se MLA Jai Parkash JP ko gyapan Diya gya

Guhla se BJP k MLA Kulwant Bazigar ko Gyapan dete 2k jbt trs

Sunday, 23 November 2014

LETTERS ABOUT 2K TRS FROM HIGH COURT , LETTERS ABOUT 2K PROMOTION CASE CONTEMPT OF COURT

LETTERS ABOUT 2K TRS FROM HIGH COURT

LETTERS ABOUT 2K PROMOTION CASE CONTEMPT OF COURT

ALL LETTERS ABOUT 2K TRS OF HIGH COURT DOUBLE BENCH

2k jbt trs case hearing on 20-11-2014. Case transferred to another bench.

Monday, 15 September 2014

Birth Certificate is not compulsary for school players in school level games in Haryana

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Friday, 2 May 2014

2k trs LPA case next date on 19/05/2014

Sunday, 20 April 2014

zp trs letter for 1st joining all benefits

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

2K CASE 4TH APRIL 2014 HIGH COURT

Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Harvesting Vacations (Fasli Avakash)

From
To
The Director,
Secondary Education Haryana,
Shiksha Sadan, Sector-5, Panchkula
1. Director SCERT Gurgaon.
2. All the District Education Officers in the State
3. All the District Elementary Education Officers in the State
Memo No. 19/9-14 SE(3)
Dated, Panchkula, 31-3-2014
Subject: Regarding Vacations.
****
It has been decided that all the schools (Government, Private Aided and Private Un-Aided) will remain closed from 5-4-2014 to 14-4-2014 on account of Harvesting
Vacations (Fasli Avakash). The schools will re-open on 15-4-2014. All the schools may be
given directions accordingly.
tak),ioir
Joint Diactor
Oto Director Secondary Echication Haryana
Panchkula

Friday, 31 January 2014

109
LPA-98-2014
GEETA RANI & ORS V/S SATBIR SINGH & ORS
Present: Mr.Puneet Bali, Senior Advocate with
Mr.Siddhartha Kumar, Advocate for the appellants
Mr.Vinod S. Bhardwaj, Additional Advocate General, Haryana
On request, adjourned to 4.2.2014.
In the meantime, Mr.Bhardwaj is directed to show us the report
prepared by the competent committee/ authority in terms of the order passed
by the learned Single Judge and also propose a solution as to how the
equities can be settled so that interest of the teachers who are working for
the last 13 years may not be harmed.
(Jasbir Singh)
Judge
29.01.2014 (Harinder Singh Sidhu)
gk Judge

Friday, 24 January 2014

DECISION ABOUT 2K PTI'S WRIT PETITION DISMISSED BY HIGH COURT

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M)
Date of decision:08.01.2014.
Ram Kumar son of Shri Hakim Singh, resident of Village Khaspur,
PO Amin (KKR), and others.
.... Petitioners
versus
The State of Haryana, through Financial Commissioner and
Secretary to Govt. of Haryana, Education Department, Haryana
Civil Sectt., Chandigarh, and others.
.... Respondents
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN
----
Present: Mr. D.S. Patwalia, Advocate,
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.16924 of 2000 and
4001 of 2001.
Mr. H.N. Khanduja, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.17545, 17547, 17556
of 2000 and 672 of 2003.
Mr.Sanjiv Gupta, Advocate,
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.14025, 17196 of 2001.
Mr. Navneet Singh, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.17428 of 2000 and
1236 of 2001.
Mr. Mahavir Sandhu, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.3187 of 2001.
Mr. Shakti Singh, Advocate for
Mr. S.N. Yadav, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.17980 of 2000.
Mr. Surinder Mohan Sharma, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.16675 of 2000.
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 2 -
Mr. N.D. Kalra, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.14863 of 2000.
Mr. I.D. Singla, Advocate,
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.17260, 17263 of 2000;
1145 of 2001.
Mr. K.L. Dhingra, Advocate,
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.14999, 14859, 15560
of 2000; and 3406, 1927 of 2001.
Mr. Tara Chand Dhanwal, Advocate,
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.2673 and 3958 of
2001.
Mr. Shish Pal Laler, Advocate and
Mr. Ravinder Malik Ravi, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.15414 of 2001.
Mr. Madan Pal, Advocate
for respondent No.7 in C.W.P. No.16353 of 2000.
Mr. G.K. Chatrath, Senior Advocate with
Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate,
for petitioners in C.W.P. No.16485 of 2000.
Mr. Ravi Verma, Advocate,
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.16353, 17815, 17958
of 2000 and 10615 of 2001.
Mr. Jai Vir Yadav, Advocate,
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.16519 of 2000.
Mr. Rakesh Sobti, Advocate,
and Ms. Harmanpreet Kaur, Advocate,
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.16290, 16542, 16645
and 16918 of 2000.
Mr. D.D. Gupta, Additional Advocate General, Haryana.
----
1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the
judgment ? Yes.
2. To be referred to the reporters or not ?Yes.
3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ?Yes.
----
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 3 -
K.Kannan, J.
1. This batch of writ petitions concern the advertisement in
selection of teachers in the following categories:
Hindi, Punjabi and Sanskrit as subjects and PTI and Art
& Craft teachers.
2. The batch of writ petitions contained a challenge to the
selection to the posts on the ground that the selection was made from
a State merit list pooling all the candidates interviewed in various
districts en bloc discarding district-wise merit list for the respective
vacancies in each district. This, according to the petitioners,
constitute an infraction of the relevant rules that stipulate the posts
as belonging to the district cadre and the appointing authority as
DEO. The State of Haryana has framed rules called, the Haryana
State Education School School Cadre (Group C) Service Rules,
1998 (for short, the 1998 Rules) that has come into force after the
publication of official gazette on 29.01.1998. Prior to the issuance
of these rules, the selection had been governed by the Punjab
Education Service Class III (School Cadre) Rules, 1955. Rule 6 of
the 1998 Rules provided for appointment to the posts were to be
made by the respective District Education Officer of the concerned
district. The advertisement issued, contained a condition at serial
No.12 that candidates submitting more than one application at one
or more places will be declared disqualified. As far as PTI teachers,
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 4 -
they would, therefore, contend that the State had committed an error
in advertising 622 posts with the State as a whole. A similar
challenge is mounted for the other categories also. According to
them, since the number of posts in each district ought to have been
given in the advertisement which was not given, the number of posts
existing on the last date fixed for the receipt of applications ought to
be taken as the number of posts for which the selection was required
to be made.
3. The advertisement specified the category of posts
mentioned in the advertisement for various classes of persons like
general, SC, BC, ESM and PH. It is not necessary for us to go into
the details but this is merely to set forth for the consideration to the
fact that there had been appropriate posts reserved for the scheduled
castes and backward candidates. To paraphrase all the objections
coming through various writ petitions:-
i) Since the cadre was district-wise, the selection
must have been also at the district level and a State-wise
selection list prepared was erroneous;
ii) The Selection Committee was comprised of 5
members, namely, of the District Education Officer,
Deputy District Education Officer, Principal, Lecturer
and Subject expert for each district. The Chairman of
the State level Interview Committee had died before the
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 5 -
declaration of results. There was no new composition of
the Committee and the list released was, therefore,
vitiated as the person competent to authorize the
approved list was not alive on the date when the results
were announced;
iii) There were 11 persons with the same roll numbers,
who had been appointed;
iv) Timing granted for the candidates was less than a
minute and it is anybody's guess as to how any objective
assessment of talent of the persons could have been
made;
v) The selection was also affected by bias inasmuch
as the Selection Committee of Hisar District was headed
by the District Education Officer S.P. Chaudhary and his
son Pawan Kumar having Roll No.10977 had applied in
BC-B category, while his daughter Sunita having Roll
No.11400 had applied in general category.
4. The respondents have filed written statement through the
District Education Officer Shri S.P. Chaudhary. The respondents
would explain that the selection criteria had been so framed as
giving the maximum emphasis on academic merit. 70% marks had
been allotted for academic qualification with weightage of 5% for
still higher qualification. 5% weightage for experience and only 20
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 6 -
marks had been kept for the interview. The contention was,
therefore, the element of subjectivity at the interview was kept to the
minimum. Explaining that the State level merit list was most
appropriate to avoid discrimination with meritorious candidates in
one district, the justification was that it was strictly in accordance
with Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution. Referring to the
contention of personal bias and the allegations that the son and
daughter of the Chairman had applied in various categories, the
respondents would state that the son Pawan Kumar had applied only
in general category under Roll No.10977 and the daughter Sunita
had also applied as a general category candidate. Their selection
itself was considered on the basis of the decision of the High Court
in CWP No.18201 of 1999. He would also claim that he had not
been sitting in the process of selection/interview when his son and
daughter had appeared and in his absence one Shri Rajinder Singh,
senior member of the Committee was the Head of the Interview
Committee. Joining issues on the mistakes in roll numbers given to
the candidates and the repetition of the same numbers to several
candidates, the answer is that the mistake was rectified and separate
roll numbers had been later assigned.
5. The counsel for the petitioners at the time of arguments
also mentioned that the entire selection of PTI teachers was made
about the same time when the selection process for JBT teachers was
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 7 -
made. The Supreme Court had appointed CBI for investigation and
they had reported that the selection process was vitiated and a
criminal court verdict convicting the former Chief Minister and his
son vindicated the claim of political interference in the selection.
The present selection was similarly vitiated although not vouched by
similar investigations.
6. To take the last point stated above for immediate
consideration, I must observe that all the writ petitions were filed
immediately after the selection had been announced in the year
2000. Apart from the specific objections which I have referred to
above, the general arguments of the political interference and
nepotism do not find place in the writ petitions. If there was even the
slightest hint about it, the petitioners themselves ought to have
moved the court for appropriate direction and secured details of any
level of interference that had vitiated the selection process. The
result that has obtained through CBI enquiry for JBT teachers
cannot simply be assumed as having visited the selection process for
PTI teachers as well. I would, therefore, reject the plea that the
entire selection process was vitiated by political interference.
7. The discrepancy in the roll numbers as several
candidates being assigned the same roll numbers cannot also be a
matter for complaint at the instance of the petitioners. There is no
one among the petitioners who would claim that he had also been
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 8 -
assigned the same roll number as a selected candidate and, therefore,
there was some confusion. The respondents have admitted to
discrepancy at some level when the same roll numbers had been
assigned to more than one candidate but it is only stated by them
that the mistake was sorted out and the ultimate selection was made
identifying the particular candidates who had been selected. If
amongst the selected candidates, there is no confusion and the
petitioners cannot elicit any particular detail of anyone selected
candidate, who was not qualified or who had not obtained the
minimum benchmark for selection, I cannot take the discrepancy in
the roll numbers as giving any specific reasons for the petitioners to
challenge the selection. I would, therefore, reject this contention as
well. The contention by the petitioners that the interview was an
eyewash and more than 300 candidates were interviewed in less than
1 ½ hours was an argument that was placed in court with no
particular details in the writ petitions. The marks assigned in the
interview had been limited only to 20% and, therefore, I cannot see
this as making possible a big dent in the ultimate result. In
situations where prodigious unemployment status exists with large
number of candidates vying in stiff competition for limited number
of posts, it is inevitable that the time slot for each candidate is
limited. It is only for this reason that it is seen desirable that the
element of subjectivity is minimized if not fully eliminated, by
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 9 -
limiting the marks reserved for interview. Indeed the extent of
interference by courts for assessment made at the interview itself is
exceedingly limited and unless there is something very serious
brought out at the interview, there is no scope for making any
intervention. The element of bias in favour of some candidates of
the Chairman of the Selection Committee has also been explained by
the reply stating that he had recused himself at the relevant time. It
may not seem like sufficient consolation for the non-selected
candidates, but to the benefit of the selected candidates, it must be
stated that it is not folly of the candidates that their own parent was
the Chairman of the Selection Committee. Such like instances are
bound to happen and the candidates have to cope with certain
uneven field now and then.
8. In Sadananda Halo and others Versus Momtaz Ali
Sheikh and others-2008(3) SCC 619, the Supreme Court was
considering the challenge to public appointment where thousands of
candidates were involved in the selection process. Interfering with
an observation of the High Court that on any one day not more than
225 candidates shall not be interviewed, the Supreme Court held that
such benchmark could not be fixed generally and a roving enquiry
on factual aspects where thousand of candidates were involved
cannot be made. The Supreme Court was interfering with the
sample survey made by the High Court on some unqualified
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 10 -
participation of the selected candidates in the proceedings and held
that microscopic investigation was not permissible. The court's
reliance on its own investigative process was disapproved by the
Supreme Court. Even a plea that the selection of candidates was not
done objectively and they were not tested appropriately, the
Supreme Court held, it shall not be brought as objections through
writ petitions.
9. There was also no objection made that the Chairman of
the Selection Committee had died before the selection results were
announced. I do not find any specific contention raised in the
petitions though the point was argued before me. I assume that it
cannot vitiate the selection process itself and if at all, it could have
been only an issue of some irregularity that will not go to the core of
the validity of the selection process itself.
10. The most potent objection, however, ought to be that the
posts were of the district cadre and the selection must have been
restricted for each district to correspond to the number of vacancies.
The issue of whether the selection to each district could be made
making the domicile in the particular district as a relevant criterion,
the Full Bench of this Court considered the same in the context of
Punjab Panchayati Raj Primary Teachers Recruitment of Conditions
of Service Rules of 2006 in Abhishek Rishi Versus State of Punjab
and others-2013(3) SCT 1. The Full Bench was considering
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 11 -
whether the condition in the rules or in advertisement that the
applicants should be domiciled of State of Punjab or Union Territory
of Chandigarh was legal and valid and whether reservation to the
extent of 70% of the posts amongst those candidates who have
passed from JBT teachers training course or elementary teachers
training course from Punjab was sustainable. The Full Bench ruled
that the qualification laid down in the notifications restricting the
eligibility on the basis of domicile and residence was
unconstitutional and fell foul of Articles 16(3). The Bench cautioned
that it was the State which was constitutionally and statutorily bound
to provide education cannot make public appointment de hors the
constitutional mandates of Articles 14 and 16. Taking up the issue
of whether appointment to the post of ETT teachers through district-
wise recruitment was justified, the court held that the district-wise
recruitment would be legally bad and not supported by the rules.
Even an advertisement calling applications district-wise was
constitutionally impermissible and there was no place for inter-
district discrimination. This judgment has considered all the
decisions of the Supreme Court commencing from A.
Periakaruppan Versus State of Tamil Nadu and others-1971(1)
SCC 38 and I do not feel constrained to reproduce all of them in
view of the emphatic pronouncement of this court that application
for a district cadre appointment, the selection cannot be on district-
Civil Writ Petition No.17547 of 2000 (O&M) - 12 -
wise merit. The constitution of district-wise Selection Committee or
receipt of district-wise application forms may be permissible but a
restriction of applications only for candidates belonging to that
particular district will bring in a preference on the basis of residence
and allow for a lopsided selection of varying merit criterion for each
district which will be arbitrary. The merit list has to be at the State
level and at best, the allocation of seats to various districts for filling
up the district cadre posts, the selection authority may take
preferences of candidates belonging to the particular district or
nearby places as relevant for their postings. Beyond this level, there
can be no constitutionally permissible district preference in the
manner of selection.
11. Under the circumstances, I will not find any reason to
uphold the contention of the petitioners on any of the grounds urged
in the writ petitions. All the writ petitions would, therefore, require
to be dismissed and, accordingly, dismissed.
(K.KANNAN)
JUDGE
08.01.2014
sanjeev

DECISION ABOUT 2K TEACHERS IN HIGH COURT ON 08/01/2014

C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -1-
IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
CHANDIGARH
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000
Date of Decision. 08.01.2014
Vijay Kumar son of Shri Tej Ram and others .......Petitioners
Versus
State of Haryana through Secretary to the Government of Haryana,
Education Department, Haryana Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh and others
......Respondents
2. C.W.P. Nos.14067, 14260, 14415, 14586, 14604, 14962,
15415, 15590, 15596, 15759, 15800, 15993, 16446,
16483,16571,16614, 16660,16730,17017,17030, 17519,
17631, 17684 of 2000
3. C.W.P. Nos.996, 3074, 3653 and 4892 of 2001
4. C.W.P. Nos.269, 578, 2501, 4187 and 21583 of 2010
Present: Mr. Gaurav Singh Hooda, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.14018, 14415, 16483 and
16446 of 2000.
Mr. G.K. Chatrath, Senior Advocate with
Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.14604 and 16614 of 2000.
Mr. R.K. Hooda, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.17030 of 2000.
Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.578 of 2010.
Mr. Shakti Singh, Advocate for
Mr. S.N. Yadav, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.16730 of 2000 and 4892 of
2001.
Mr. Nitin Rathee, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.14260 of 2000.
Mr. Sandeep Bansal, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.15415 of 2000.
Mr. S.P. Laler, Advocate and
Mr. Ravinder Malik Ravi, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.14067 of 2000.
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -2-
Mr. Ravi Verma, Advocate
for the petitioners in C.W.P. No.17017 and 17684 of 2000.
None for the petitioners in C.W.P. Nos.15415, 16660, 17631,
15800, 14962, 15759, 16571 15590, 15596, 15993 of 2000,
3653, 996, 3074 of 2001, 269, 4187, 2501 and 21583 of 2010.
Mr. Arun Bansal, Advocate
for respondent Nos.5 to 8 and 17 in C.W.P. No.14260 of
2000, for respondent No.9 in C.W.P. No.17030 of 2000, for
respondent Nos.11, 54, 68 and 78 in C.W.P. No.14067 of
2000, for respondent Nos.5, 6, 9, 10 to 17 in C.W.P
No.15759 of 2000.
Mr. Ram Kumar Saini, Advocate for
Mr. R.N. Lohan, Advocate
for respondent Nos.7, 8, 10, 12 to 15, 18 to 22, 24, 25 and
27 in C.W.P. No.16446 of 2000, for respondent No.39 in
C.W.P. No.16483 of 2000, for respondent Nos.7, 8, 10, 12,
13, 14, 15, 18 to 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, 31, 33, 35, 38, 37, 39,
40 to 48 and 52 in C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000.
Mr. Parminder Singh, Advocate
for the private respondents in C.W.P. No.578 of 2010.
Mr. G.K. Chatrath, Senior Advocate with
Ms. Alka Chatrath, Advocate
for respondent Nos.4 to 1960 in C.W.P. No.269 of 2010 and
for respondent Nos.9, 21, 31, 46, 47, 56, 67, 71, 80, 91,
105, 107 to 110, 113, 116, 133, 163, 172, 177, 183, 200,
201, 206, 211, 216, 217, 228, 231, 237, 242, 246, 251, 252,
257, 265, 266, 270, 277, 282, 285, 296, 303, 315, 328, 329,
334, 339, 343, 346, 352, 355, 362, 365, 366, 378, 395, 403,
406, 413, 434, 440, 444, 448, 453, 457, 501, 509, 510, 511,
513, 516, 521, 530, 531, 533, 567, 569, 573, 578, 580, 599,
603, 661, 679, 697, 698, 699, 704, 709, 711, 750, 753, 755,
761, 762, 764, 775, 779, 782, 783, 789, 792, 815, 822, 826,
832, 838, 879, 884, 891, 896, 902, 905, 908, 917, 923, 943,
947, 953, 963, 978, 892, 985, 997, 998, 1004, 1008, 1027,
1034, 1036, 1042, 1056, 1084, 1099, 1103, 1111, 1123,
1127, 1143, 1150, 1155, 1159, 1167, 1183, 1187, 1191,
1199, 1201, 1207, 1217, 1226, 1232, 1246, 1248, 1251,
1256, 1257, 1273, 1274, 1280, 1283, 1291, 1300, 1315,
1319, 1323, 1334, 1337, 1350, 1352, 1357, 1358, 1366,
1365, 1385, 1386, 1387, 1402, 1421, 1428, 1433, 1439,
1454, 1457, 1459, 1462, 1482, 1494, 1502, 1525, 1524,
1533, 1534, 1535, 1553, 1558, 1576, 1580, 1582, 1596,
1603, 1610, 1619, 1625, 1640, 1643, 1644, 1649, 1652,
1659, 1692, 1699, 1708, 1733, 1755, 1771, 1816, 1821,
1823, 1840, 1843, 1849, 1852, 1856, 1862, 1887, 1894,
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -3-
1896, 1903, 1920, 1929, 1957, 1962, 1967, 1982, 1990,
2001, 2005, 2007, 2018, 2052, 2053, 2057, 2083, 2097,
2114, 2115, 2118, 2160, 2173, 2195, 2197, 2204, 2255,
2264, 2272, 2287, 2293, 2296, 2329, 2331, 2371, 2412,
2425, 2436, 2455, 2458, 2468, 2486, 2497, 2499, 2504,
2527, 2534, 2536, 2545, 2549, 2565, 2567, 2573, 2569,
2583, 2599, 2603, 2607, 2608, 2642, 2665, 2674, 2680,
2684, 2693, 2698, 2705, 2707, 2711, 2716, 2712, 2727,
2730, 2740, 2744, 2758, 2764, 2771, 2775, 2804, 2817,
2828, 2830, 2833, 2838, 2849, 2851, 2855, 2874, 2894,
2930, 2942, 2952, 2956, 2964, 2998, 3005, 3007, 3012 in
C.W.P. No.578 of 2010.
Mr. R.S. Malik, Senior Advocate with
Mr. Samrat Malik, Advocate
for respondent Nos.38, 41, 77, 137, 147, 177, 230, 255, 265,
275, 290, 292, 296, 305, 312, 325, 373, 374, 396, 445, 472,
515, 522, 531, 541, 555, 561, 570, 580, 582, 633, 637, 647,
699, 705, 730, 751, 763, 780, 867, 889, 897, 904, 934, 963,
1007, 1040, 1047, 1054, 1057, 1059, 1106, 1117, 1129, 1134,
1195, 1215, 1231, 1239, 1244, 1250, 1264, 1265, 1266, 1303,
1304, 1308, 1315, 1341, 1350, 1359, 1364, 1369, 1374, 1381,
1384, 1400, 1403, 1427, 1449, 1455, 1463, 1466, 1471, 1483,
1493, 1508, 1509, 1525, 1533, 1535, 1546, 1547, 1554, 1557,
1563, 1568, 1571, 1574, 1598, 1613, 1632, 1637, 1639, 1641,
1644, 1648, 1660, 1663, 1665, 1715, 1716, 1717, 1720, 1725,
1726, 1730, 1735, 1740, 1756, 1765, 1779, 1785, 1786, 1787,
1803, 1804, 1812, 1813, 1815, 1816, 1820, 1831, 1854, 1860,
1862, 1863, 1868, 1879, 1885, 1893, 1899, 1902, 1903, 1907,
1914, 1932, 1935, 1946, 1959, 1964, 1966, 1970, 1971, 1991,
1998, 2005, 2009, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2046, 2050,
2057, 2058, 2067, 2076, 2086, 2089, 2103, 2104, 2106, 2108,
2109, 2112, 2123, 2124, 2134, 2140, 2154, 2158, 2167, 2192,
2207, 2211, 2262, 2270, 2271, 2276, 2281, 2289, 2320, 2321,
2324, 2326, 2331, 2341, 2360, 2362, 2366, 2369, 2371, 2374,
2378, 2385, 2389, 2396, 2407, 2416, 2429, 2434, 2445, 2450,
2459, 2479, 2489, 2501, 2516, 2518, 2521, 2564, 2567, 2572,
2574, 2592, 2600, 2605, 2609, 2613, 2620, 2659, 2676, 2687,
2698, 2701, 2728, 2803, 2810, 2814, 2817, 2823, 2830, 2849,
2865, 2867, 2881, 2902, 2906, 2918, 2930, 2941, 2953, 2956,
2968, 3006, 3009, 3013, 3015 in C.W.P. No.269 of 2010.
Mr. Rajive Atma Ram, Senior Advocate with
Mr. Arjun Pratap Atma Ram, Advocate
for respondent No.369,1961 to 2009 in C.W.P. No.269 of
2010.
Dr. Suresh Kumar Redhu, Advocate
for respondent No.196 in C.W.P. No.269 of 2010.
Mr. Ashwani Verma, Advocate,
for the respondents 4, 8, 9, 11 and 13
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in CWP No.14962 of 2000.
Mr. Tapan Kumar, Advocate,
for respondent No.36 in CWP No.14067 of 2000,
for respondent No.19 in CWP No.14260 of 2000
and for respondent No.20 in CWP No.15759 of 2000.
Mr. D.D. Gupta, Addl. A.G., Haryana
for the official respondents.
CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN
1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the
judgment ? Yes
2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ? Yes
3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Yes
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K. KANNAN J.
I. JBT Treachers’ selection: the genesis of the controversy
1. This batch of writ petitions concerns the selection process of
Junior Basic Trained (JBT) Teachers, pursuant to a selection notification
issued on 15.111.1999 in Daily Newspaper Tribune by the Director,
Primary Education and for posting to be done for 3206 candidates at the
Primary Education level within different Districts of State of Haryana.
That notification had set out details of various categories of persons who
would be recruited and the basic qualification setting out the eligibility
criteria for making applications and for consideration for selection. As a
preliminary step after appraisal of the eligibility, roll numbers had been
assigned to the candidates and the relative grading had been done by
taking into reckoning the academic qualifications at 70% with weightage
for higher qualifications and experience respectively at 5% each,
aggregating to an extent of 80% and 20% marks to be assigned for
performance in interview. Some persons, who had higher qualification
with graduate degree with B.Ed had filed C.W.P. No.16410 of 1999 for
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permitting their applications to be considered and this Court had passed
an order allowing them to be interviewed. Total number of persons so
interviewed were 7707 candidates. While manipulations were not
possible as regards the academic qualification and the grading done on
the basis of higher qualifications, the area of controversy was of the
appraisal done at the interview. The results were published along with
criteria for selection in several newspapers including the Indian Express
on 07.10.2000. On the basis of the results, appointment orders had also
been issued.
II. The CBI investigation reveals the modus operandi for
preparation of the ‘supreme court list’ and the
'directorate list’
2. The validity of the selection process and the publication of
results were brought under cloud when some of the candidates, who had
not been selected, had filed writ petitions alleging grave malpractices.
As if to secure credence to their versions, a case had been registered
against one Sanjiv Kumar, IAS who held the additional charge as Director
of Primary Education at the relevant time when the results were
published and against whom a FIR No.312 had been registered on
04.06.2002 and still later yet another FIR No.293 had ben registered on
03.06.2003 at Police Station Sector 17, Chandigarh. The latter was on
the basis of a complaint of one Paley Ram, Deputy S.P., Haryana
Vigilance Bureau for alleged offences under Section 406, 409, 467, 468,
471, 471A, 120 IPC read with Section 13(1)(d) of Prevention of
Corruption Act. The case took another twist when Sanjiv Kumar himself
had approached the Supreme Court by means of a Writ petition under
Article 32 of the Constitution in Writ Petition (Crl.) No.93 of 2003
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contending that when he was posted as Director, Primary Education
Haryana, he had been pressurised by the then Chief Minister Sh. Om
Parkash Chautala to replace the list of candidates which had been
prepared and was due for publication with an alternative list containing
a set of 15 award lists signed by the members of the selection
committee which Sanjiv Kumar claimed as the fake list. When he
refused to comply with the pressure for changing the list, a false case
had been allegedly filed against him. During the course of investigation,
Sanjiv Kumar handed over one set of interview list of District Kaithal and
part list of District Kurukshetra to the CBI. The ‘15 award list’ filed by
Sanjiv Kumar at the Supreme Court and one interview list at District
Kaithal and part list at District Kurukshetra constituted what could
conveniently be called as Supreme Court list. Sanjiv Kumar claimed that
the actual list which had been prepared and which was ultimately
published for announcing the results was actually approved by the
Directorate Primary Education which could conveniently be called as the
Directorate list. The Supreme Court found that there was some prima
facie material of malpractices when some of the other candidates had
also joined the fray and since high ranking political persons were said to
have been involved, the Supreme Court directed that case would require
to be entrusted with the CBI for further investigation. The further
investigation by the CBI had yet another twist to the enquiry when it
found that the Directorate list as propounded by Sanjiv Kumar was itself
not genuine and that was also a fabricated list having been tampered
with the original list which was held in safe custody by the previous
incumbent in office Smt. Rajni Sekri Sibal . The investigation found that
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the list which had been prepared and kept in a sealed cloth cover had
been substituted by Sanjiv Kumar himself on 16.09.2000. The person,
who claimed to be a whistle blower at whose instance the Supreme
Court had ordered an investigation through CBI turned to be a villain of
piece himself and he was arrayed as 3rd accused in the case that was
prosecuted before the Special Judge-II (Prevention of Corruption Act)
CBI, Rohini, Delhi. The report of the CBI revealed a large scale
conspiracy amongst higher ranking officials working in the State of
Haryana along with the Chief Minister and his son. The Chief Minister
and his son were accused Nos.4 and 5 and Vidya Dhar another IAS Officer
who was said to have been responsible for alteration of list had been
arrayed as 1st accused. The case proceeded for a few years and the
judgment yielded to finding of guilt through judgment delivered on
16.01.2013.
III. The extent of reliance on the judgment of the criminal
court – limited to vindication of complaint of manipulation
of marks at the interview
3. In the course of trial leading to its judgment, the Criminal
Court has collected a large volume of documentary and oral evidence.
Sanjiv Kumar examined himself as a witness in defence and subjected
himself to cross examination. The Criminal Court entered a finding that
Sanjiv Kumar was not just a whistle blower but he was a comrade in
crime himself. A whistle blower truly, he was, in that without him going
to the Supreme Court, there would not have been a direction to CBI for
investigation and revelation of all the materials of how the lists came to
be manipulated at various times and particularly the list that was
published was itself a fabricated list on the basis of which appointments
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had been given. He was a comrade in crime to the extent that the list
which he claimed to be false namely the Supreme Court list was the
genuine list but he had fabricated a new list by tampering with the list
which was prepared and which had been kept in the custody of the
previous incumbent. The Court found that his version that he had
opened the original list on 07.10.2000 from the almirah was not true and
contradicted his own version that the desealing of the first list was done
on 16.09.2000. Ms. Rajni Sekri Sibbal had been examined as a witness
whose version was relevant to the effect that she had been appointed as
Director, Primary Education and she had sent a note to the Ministry of
Education on 20.06.2000 for preparation of list and for publication to be
passed on to the Chief Minister. There seemed to be some misgiving in
the finalization of the list when she was ordered to be transferred and
Sanjiv Kumar, who was a State Project Director for Haryana Prathmik
Shikshak Pariyojna Parishad was appointed to hold additional charge as
Director of Primary Education since 11.07.2000 in the place of Smt.
Rajni Sekri Sibbal. The real circumstances about when the list was
actually changed and how the conspiracy was hatched to add some
marks to some candidates and to reduce marks to some other candidates
to secure list that was ultimately favoured and gave birth to a
Directorate list, have been subject of adjudication before the Criminal
Court. The decision of the Special Judge appears to have been brought
under challenge before the High Court at Delhi and the case is pending.
4. I have made skeletal reference to the judgment of the
Criminal Court only for the purpose of showing that the Court was
principally concerned with whether there had been alteration in the list
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made and whether there was a conspiracy amongst all the accused
persons, who committed the offences for which they were charged with.
Since the adjudication has still not become final, I have referred to the
judgment only for taking note of some uncontroverted fact that the list
which was prepared and went for publication was not the genuine list. It
must be remembered that no attempt was made at the time of trial,
except by the 3rd accused Sanjeev Kumar that the list on the basis of
which results were published was the genuine list and all the persons
that had been selected were the meritorious candidates selected after
proper appraisal. The area of dispute which is still at large is whether
there was a conspiracy involving all the accused persons and whether
Sanjiv Kumar at whose instance the prosecution before the Special Court
went against all the 64 accused had really brought out truthful
contentions before the Supreme Court. After the Criminal Court
judgment had been rendered, I had called upon the State Government
to indicate its own stand on how it proposed to act on the CBI report and
had directed an affidavit to be filed by an officer on the proposed action
to be taken not below the rank of Assistant Secretary. In some of the
writ petitions, the selected candidates had been impleaded as parties
and I had also directed the written statement of all the selected
candidates to be brought on record.
IV. The grounds of challenge and defences
5. The petitioners have a simple case to present on the basis of
what the CBI report brought and how the Criminal Court dealt with the
case. The report and the Criminal Court judgment are a vindication of
their contention that there were serious irregularities in the selection
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process and the select list on the basis of which persons had been
appointed was a fake list and the persons that were ultimately selected
were persons who were not entitled to hold the posts.
6. Though several contentions were raised in the writ petition,
the entire focus of attention at the time of arguments on the basis of
which the counsel appearing for the petitioners would seek for the
Court's decision would be: (i) The selection as JBT teachers was to a
district cadre and the vacancies in the respective districts had been
clearly identified and notified in the advertisement notification and
selection committees had also been set up at the respective districts.
There was a specific condition in the advertisement notification itself
that an application could be filed only through one district centre and a
candidate cannot give more than one application. Consequently,
according to the petitioners, the selection must have also been done and
finalized from only from out of the candidates interviewed at the
respective centres for filling vacancies in the respective districts. The
State, on the other hand, prepared a State merit list and made an
allocation to various districts which were impermissible and against
advertisement notification; (ii) The selection was vitiated by fraud and
nepotism and the list was fabricated.
7. The State had originally filed the written statement through
Registrar Education, Office of the Director Elementary Education,
Haryana. The State had taken a non committal stand in the written
statement contending that the subject matter of the selection was
pending trial before the CBI Court and therefore, the Department could
neither consider granting an appointment to the petitioners nor discard
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the list on the basis of which selection had been made. It would,
however, try to show its own affirmation to the fact that the State had
granted sanction to prosecute the erring officers and it would be
prepared to abide by the Court's decision. On the legal submission made
by the petitioners that the select list had been made from the State
level merit list but not on the district level merit list, the State did not
take any particular stand on what was the appropriate basis for
selection. To a direction given by this Court for the State to declare the
stand on the basis of CBI report, the State has given a status of the
candidates who were actually selected and how such selection had come
about. The tabulation is reproduced to disclose the candidates who
ultimately stood by the benefit of the list which was found by the CBI to
be fake and stated by all the persons in the criminal case to be also
fake:-
Sr. No. Particulars Total No.
1
Numbers of selected candidates whose
marks have been increased
956
2
Numbers of selected candidates whose
marks have been decreased
1950
3
Numbers of selected candidates in both the
lists
123
4
Numbers of selected candidates not found
in Supreme Court list
34
5 Selected candidates in Kurukshetra District 187
6 Selected candidates in Panipat district 52
7 Selected candidates in Rohtak District 32
Total 3334
The list would reveal that out of the selected candidates of 3334, 956
candidates obtained increase of marks while 1950 suffered decease.
There were 123 names which were common to both the list. There were
34 persons whose names had not been found place in the Supreme Court
list. The notified vacancies were 3206 and I take it that the State had
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enlarged the consideration to 3334.
8. The selected candidates themselves have filed replies and
the defences could be set forth as under.
9. As a factual submission, it is urged that there was no
particular proof that any of the selected candidate had been involved in
the manipulation and it would be harsh to punish the candidates without
actually identifying the persons who had actually sullied the results. The
Court shall be loathe to club the tainted with the untainted and paint
with the same brush all candidates and jettison them on the basis that
the selection process had been vitiated by manipulation of marks. All of
them have worked for more than 12 years and they have not been found
to be deficient in their prowess as teachers. Some of them amongst the
selected were already working in ad hoc posts and they had resigned and
joined the posts after the selection had been made. In the new
dispensation, they would be required to pass the Teachers Eligibility
Test (TET) and if they are disqualified now, they will not be able to join
again without passing TET. They would also contend that there were
two or three occasions when the selection to JBT had been undertaken
by the State and many of the petitioners have themselves competed for
selection and persons who are prosecuting the cases now are those
persons who were not able to gain selection in the subsequent selection
exercise taken by the State. They cannot still be found to be eligible
now. If there are still vacancies, the petitioners could very well be
accommodated in such vacancies and the respondents shall not be
displaced by any of the petitioners.
10. As a matter of legal submission, it was contended in chorus
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by various counsel appearing on behalf of the respondents that JBT
teachers posts was one single State service and the fact that they
constituted a district cadre cannot allow for a selection also to be made
for each district, for it would offend the provisions of Articles 14 and 16
of the Constitution. The State Government was justified in preparing a
State merit list and the selection made on the basis of a joint merit list
cannot be faulted.
11. Some of the selected candidates would have a defence that
even as per the State reply, marks had not been added for all the
candidates at the interview. To some persons marks had also been
reduced and therefore, such of those candidates who have suffered
reduction of marks and who have still been shown in the select list
cannot be displaced for any reason and hence, their selection cannot be
interfered with. Some candidates have same marks in both the lists,
such of those persons who have been granted the same marks in both
the Supreme Court list and the Directorate list are set out in Annexure
R-38/2 and those candidates also cannot be displaced. Even the CBI had
made reference to the fact that 34 candidates' names had not been
found in the Supreme Court list at all and their names were found
ultimately in the Directorate list. The contention is that such of those
persons whose names were not found in the list coming before the
Supreme Court but who were ultimately selected shall also not be
removed. There were also another class of candidates whose marks have
been increased but if they have not been increased and they were
selected, their selection shall also not be interfered with. As a general
submission, it would be contended that all these candidates have served
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for more than 13 years and they have become over aged and they will
not be eligible anywhere else and on that ground alone, no interference
can be called for.
V. District-wise selection discarding state merit list is
untenable and constitutionally impermissible
12. To me, the most crucial issue for taking an appropriate
criterion for consideration and for enlisting the persons, who would be
entitled to appointment shall be seen from a legal context of how the
selection shall be made. Some of the writ petitions filed in the year
2000 had a common grouse to make, apart from a contention that the
selection was vitiated by fraudulent manipulations, on a plea that the
select list had brought out the names of persons from one single State
merit list which was contrary to the advertisement notification and the
Rules. The vacancy position noted for each district must have been filled
up only from out of the candidates who were interviewed at the
respective district centres and who belonged to particular districts. They
would refer to advertisement notification setting out the respective
vacancies which stated that the place of posting would be offered to the
selected candidates for appointment in the respective districts
according to the merit subject of availability of the vacancies of the
concerned district but in the absence of such situation, the Government
would be free to appoint those candidates in other districts where the
required number of vacancies are available. The Counsel would,
therefore, argue that the preference shall, therefore, be to candidates
in respective districts and if only the vacancies were still available, the
candidates from other districts could be appointed. As a necessary
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corollary, the contention is that the appointment made from one single
State merit list was not competent and the selection was bound to be
set aside on this sole basis.
13. It is an accepted principle that the rules of the game
regarding selection will not be changed after the advertisement
notification. If the State has therefore issued a notification giving
preference to candidates from the respective districts and that
candidates from other districts would be selected only if the vacancies
were not filled up, it could not be taken that the State should persist in
error if there was anything legaly impermissible about the criterion laid
down. I would find that the Rules relating to recruitment are governed
by Haryana Primary Education Group C Rules of 1998. The 1994 Rules
contained in pari materia consideration relating to the recruitment of
primary school teachers. Service as defined under both the Rules of 1994
and 1998 referred to the Haryana Primary Education District Cadre
Services. The district wise cadre of service would comprise all posts
shown in Appendix A. The method of recruitment prescribed in Rule 9
was in the case of Junior Basic Trained Teacher: (i) by direct
recruitment or (ii) by transfer on deputation of any official already in
the service of any State Government or the Government of India. The
service as per Rule 11 inter se of the members of the service shall be
determined by the length of continuous service of any post in the
service. The argument on behalf of the counsel for the respondents was
that since the service was one single State service, reference to district
cadre would only mean retention of seniority in the respective districts
but recruitment itself could not be merely on the basis of allocation of
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seats for each district and treating the issue of domicile as of any
importance. This would be constitutionally impermissible and in a Full
Bench ruling of this Court in Abhishek Rishi Vs. State of Punjab and
others 2013(3) SCT 1, while considering the constitutional vires of
Punjab Panchayati Raj Primary Raj Primary Teachers (Recruitment and
Conditions of Service) Rules, 2006, the Full Bench directly posed a
question of whether the appointment to the post of Elementary
Teachers Training through district-wise recruitment was legal and
justified. The Full Bench answered that district wise recruitment of the
teachers was unconstitutional and not supported by the provisions of the
Rules of 2006. The advertisement notification calling for applications
district wise was found to be bad in law and was quashed. The Bench
ruled that there was no place for inter district discrimination and Punjab
was one in the impugned rules of service. There is a large volume of
case law on the subject relating to the examination of inter district
discrimination and selection process making domicile as relevant as
constitutionally impermissible but I am not reproducing them since the
point has been dealt with at great length by the Full Bench in Abhishek
Rishi's case (supra) and it would not be necessary to replicate them,
save for an observation that the law is too well laid down as reiterated
by the Full Bench and the position does not require to be reopened for
any elaborate discussion here in this case. I would, therefore, hold that
the service was a single service of the State of Haryana and even if
there had been a reference in the advertisement notification that the
candidates would be filled up in respective vacancies from each district
and only in the event of vacancies which were not filled up candidates
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from other districts would be considered, it must be re-read in the
context of the constitutional scheme that such method of recruitment
was not possible and the preparation of state wise merit list by the State
was perfectly justified even for filling up district cadre posts. The cadre
could be maintained district wise but the service itself must be taken as
a single State service. I will, therefore, reject the contention of the
petitioners in the writ petition that the selection ought to have been
made only from as many numbers of vacancies in each district from out
of the candidates appearing from the said district. I find that the total
number of vacancies as declared would be basis for preparation of a
merit list subject to the reservation in various categories and in the
manner of distribution of seats for posting, preference could be given to
the candidates from the respective districts and in the event of
vacancies, persons from other districts would be filled up, care being,
however, taken to locate them in nearby districts and if that was not
permissible, depending on the preference given to the candidates from
other districts to express their option and fill up the vacancies as far as
possible depending on the option so exercised.
VI. Selected candidates have held on for 13 years; argument
that their selection cannot be interfered with now is
rejected
14. Mr. G.K. Chatrath, senior counsel, who was leading the
defence for some of the candidates who have been selected, would
contend that the petitioners have themselves not challenged the
selection of the respondents but they have asked for consideration of
their appointments on the basis of their alleged merit. I do not think this
contention is correct, for, though in some writ petitions, there is no
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direct challenge to the selection of the particular candidates who were
ultimately taken on board, there are several other writ petitions where
there is a direct challenge to the selection and on an overall
consideration, the matter has to be seen only in the context of whether
the selection made of the candidates who were cited as the private
respondents was correct or not. I would, therefore, hold that it is an
open issue for consideration by this Court of the legality of selection of
all the candidates who were issued with orders of appointment and
whether the persons who have occupied the posts could continue in the
said posts or not. There is also the contention that they had worked for
more than 13 years and they shall not be removed from the post. While
a delayed intervention would be impermissible and it would be
unjustified to paint all the candidates with same brush, if there is any
definite proof that any one candidate had secured a selection by tainted
process, the message to him shall be that he shall go and it will be
irrelevant that he cannot compete for a new selection process. If he has
come by a wrong method, he shall not hold on to the post irrespective of
the inconvenience that he may face for consideration for future
selection. The argument cannot be that no specific averment is made
against a particular candidate, who had obtained a selection. Corruption
is not at all times noted as a two way process: Of a person who was
willing to corrupt the other and another person who gave in to such
corruption. There could just as well be a situation that there are blueeyed
boys of persons who matter and they are selected only for such a
fortuitous endowment. Nepotism is a genre of corruption; a bedfellow of
unreasonableness and befriends arbitrariness. If some of the candidates
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belonging to certain districts were favourably considered for the only
reason that they belonged to the District where some of the ministers
were interested in, then it would only mean that those candidates have
come by favour, not perhaps at their personal bidding but they were
beneficiaries all the same by a process which was objectionable and
constitutionally impermissible. The Criminal Court has noticed one
important factor: on reading the entire list of marks obtained by 7000
candidates and more, that while the weightage was only for the
academic qualification and for higher qualification obtained, 20% marks
for interview itself had obtained enormous significance and it has been
noticed that all the selected candidates have been rewarded with marks
more than 17 in the interview accompanied by a uniform reduction of
marks to all other candidates to less than 6 marks so that the actual
number of candidates picked equaled the vacancies notified. The
reduction of marks had been so made that anyone who had secured less
than 16 and who had marks in the range of 6 to 16 were further reduced
to have marks less than 6 so that a person who had, say, 12 or 13 marks
would not overtake a candidate who had been awarded more than 17
marks in the interview but who had less marks in the academic
qualification. If, therefore, marks had been increased to 17 and more
than 17, it was only to ensure that such a person gets appointed
although not included in the original list. I have already pointed out that
the judgment of the Criminal Court is not taken as a basis for approval
or rejection of the candidates but I have examined some factual details
of what the Court has verified which are not essentially judgmental but
deduced by pure logic and arithmetic. While the judgment could be
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open to variation by the mode of reasoning adopted by a judge, facts
themselves cannot change. On the other hand, facts stated flatly shall
form the basis of an objective appraisal of what may not admit of two
interpretations. The fact taken here in this case is that a candidate who
had secured more than 17 had a sure chance of also being selected as a
candidate only if it was accompanied by reduction of marks of unwanted
candidates to less than 6 marks and the difference so maintained was to
finalise a list that would return the tally of the total vacancies notified.
Such a candidate whose marks were modified for an escalation did not
otherwise deserve to be selected. The candidates who had been reduced
in marks less than 6 were also candidates who suffered reduction only in
order that they would be disqualified for otherwise their own marks
obtained in the academic qualification would have secured them a
consideration for selection. Such of those candidates whose marks were
reduced but not reduced to less than 6 probably did not suffer any
particular disadvantage. Those candidates did not lose their jobs on
account of the reappraisal done.
VII. The distinction between the tainted and untainted is
required to be maintained- there could be no prescription
period to hold on, if tainted
15. In Inderpreet Singh Kahlon Vs. State of Punjab JT 2006
(5) SC 352, the challenge had been to the selection for the Punjab Civil
Services (Executive Branch) and the Chairman of the Selection
Committee was said to have been involved in offence of graft and large
sums of money had been recovered from him. The case gives out to a
proposition that even if the selection process is vitiated, it is only those
who are tainted are required to be thrown out. The point urged on
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behalf of the respondents is that there was a distinction between en
mass cheating on proof of charge of corruption where the appointment
of civil servant was involved. The Court was making a distinction
between the tainted and untainted candidates. Here in this case, the
selection of any of those candidates whose names were not found in the
select list, had themselves not been proved before this Court as having
done some particular wrong to secure the selection but if something
wrong had been indeed done, that wrong was a method of securing
higher marks which was not originally in the appraisal made by the
interview committee in the list maintained and kept by Ms. Rajni Sekri
Sibbal. The taint to the candidates whose marks had been tampered to
award them more than 17 after the initial appraisal had secured to them
the selection through a fraudulent process. All such candidates who
were not in the Supreme Court list but who gained selection in the
Directorate list after obtaining additional marks shall go. But, does the
delay matter? Is the fact that they have worked for 13 years make any
difference? There was also an objection that the petitioners have
approached the Court after enormous delay. It may be true of
candidates who have come by writ petitions in the year 2010 but the
issue was put to through several writ petitions filed in the year 2000
itself through candidates who claimed that they had better claims to
merit but they had been unjustly jettisoned by a defective process of
selection. The writ petitions filed by them were still pending. The
persons who have joined the boat, as it were, by independent petitions
sought to secure the benefit of the litigations started in the year 2000,
immediately after the results were announced and whatever benefit the
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writ petitions filed in the year 2000 would secure, they ought to obtain
to all the candidates, so long as no prior adjudication had been made
and the petitioners themselves were not taking benefit of a decision
already arrived at but they want only a benefit of such a judicial
adjudication as it was coming at the instance of candidates who had
filed the writ petitions earlier. A decision is referred to by the Counsel
appearing for the respondents in Kishan Gopal Vs. State of Haryana
2010 (1) SCT 538 where the Full Bench was holding that selection was
in challenge more than 11 years after it was done would not be liable for
interference. The Full Bench was holding that where fairness of
selection was concerned, upholding the selection process must be
confined to situations where two views were possible. In this case, there
are no two views about the fact that there had been a serious dent to
the selection itself and it was seriously vitiated by facts clearly brought
out through the CBI investigation and by the nature of defence taken
before the Criminal Court. Each one was trying to exclude himself but
not willing to go as far as to state that everything about the selection
was appropriate. All the accused in the case were only trading charges
against each other and no one was prepared to take a defence that the
selection list was proper and it had been done without any form of
interference. None among the respondents would vouch for fairness in
selection but would take a position that it is ‘not me’. That would in my
view conclude the subject that the selection was vitiated, though not
fully, and it is immaterial that the decision of Criminal Court itself is a
subject of challenge before the Appellate Court.
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VIII. Disposition
16. In ultimate analysis, the dispensation would, therefore, be:-
(i) that the selection list which was published was not
genuine and did not contain all the candidates who were
meritorious. It was a mixture of deserving candidates who
had an entitlement to be selected and there were
candidates who did not secure such entitlement.
(ii) that those candidates who deserved to be selected and
who had a right to continue in office shall be those
candidates who figure in both the lists. Learned Senior
Counsel Sh. Malik has given an annexure that gives only 7
names but the State's reply gives 123 as the number that
figure in both the lists. The correct position shall be
ascertained and the same be released.
(iii) that such of those candidates whose marks have been
reduced and still their names find a place shall also be
entitled to be taken as selected and their appointment shall
not be interfered with. They are 221 in number and their
names are as follows:-
Sr.
No.
Respondent
No.
Roll No Name Category
1 3013 54064 Sarjit Singh ESM BC B
2 2459 35395 Nirmala BC B
3 2728 52033 Dilbag Singh SC B
4 2331 53124 Rajesh Kumar BC A
5 1613 53127 Ajeet Singh BC B
6 1787 53128 Devinder Kumar BC B
7 1765 53355 Pawan Kumar BC A
8 1816 53060 Yudhister BC B
9 1639 53031 Suman Lata BC B
10 2046 53196 Jai Parkash BC B
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Sr.
No.
Respondent
No.
Roll No Name Category
11 582 50023 Mukesh Kumar GEN
12 1991 53041 Kuldeep Kumar BC A
13 1644 53040 Pramila BC A
14 2676 52032 Prem Singh SC B
15 1059 53034 Seema BC A
16 1040 50025 Rakesh Kumar GEN
17 1533 53201 Gaj Raj Singh BC B
18 2106 53190 Surender Singh BC B
19 1054 53148 Saroj Yadav BC B
20 2574 54048 Hari Kishan DESM BC B
21 2058 53237 Tej Pal BC A
22 1641 53359 Rakesh Kumar BC B
23 1863 53130 Roshan Lal BC B
24 1455 84402 Davinder Parshad DESM BC A
25 1403 53381 Dharambir Singh BC B
26 1535 53131 Arvind Sharma BC A
27 2366 52080 Babita Rani SC B
28 1493 53107 Kusum Lata BC B
29 2518 53211 Subhash Chand BC B
30 1525 50042 Ishwar Singh GEN
31 1725 5163 Dheeraj Kumari BC B
32 904 53304 Jai Prakash GEN
33 1598 54054 Rajbir Singh DESM BC B
34 1449 50090 Vijay Singh GEN
35 1932 53088 Anil Yadav BC B
36 1265 53272 Virender Singh BC B
37 2281 52065 Kailash Chand SC B
38 2371 53291 Pawan Kumar BC B
39 2192 53231 Sahab Singh BC B
40 1381 53008 Sudesh Kumar BC B
41 1998 53157 Rajeev Kumar BC B
42 2823 52044 Sunder Lal SC A
43 2015 53035 Anil Kumar BC A
44 699 50055 Satypal Lamba GEN
45 1471 53208 Govind Kumar BC A
46 1057 50089 Yogender Kumar GEN
47 2953 54040 Putu Singh DESM BC A
48 1756 53230 Devki Nandan BC A
49 2609 52090 Vinod Kumar SC B
50 77 50008 Seema GEN
51 2918 54053 Dharamveer Singh DESM SC B
52 1902 54025 Sunil Kumar PHC
53 2211 53348 Ravinder Kumar BC B
54 2109 52070 Randhir Singh SC B
55 3006 54059 Anil Kumar ESM BC B
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -25-
Sr.
No.
Respondent
No.
Roll No Name Category
56 2104 53143 Kailash Kumari BC B
57 305 50064 Somdut Sharma GEN
58 2600 52069 Raju Singh SC B
59 1660 54038 Vijay Kumar DESM BC B
60 292 50032 Manmohan Singh GEN
61 2362 54023 Surender Singh DESM BC B
62 2830 52039 Sunita Bai SC A
63 2687 54017 Same Singh DESM SC B
64 1575 53050 Dharmender BC A
65 1735 53253 Ashok Kumar BC B
66 2289 53226 Anil Kumar BC B
67 1195 50050 Narender Kumar GEN
68 2450 53295 Mukesh Kumar BC B
69 2489 53331 Virender Singh BC B
70 515 50029 Nityanand GEN
71 1303 53112 Suman Devi BC B
72 1568 54022 Ramesh Kumar PHC
73 2276 5488 Jhaman Singh BC A
74 2941 35187 Surender Kumar ESM BC B
75 2572 54021 Naresh Kumar PHC
76 1971 53059 Anita Yadav BC B
77 275 50014 Somvati GEN
78 1547 67054 Rajesh Kumari BC B
79 2605 45252 Vinod Kumar SC B
80 1946 53047 Umed Singh BC B
81 1554 53019 Sita Ram BC B
82 472 50026 Deepak Kumar GEN
83 2968 54027 Anil Kumar DESM BCA
84 1341 53074 Urmila Yadav BC B
85 1563 53003 Sunita BC B
86 2067 52058 Rajesh SC A
87 1663 53197 Anil Kumar BC B
88 2810 52041 Bal Kumar SC B
89 1785 53133 Pradeep Kumar BC B
90 2867 54037 Krishan Kumar PHC
91 2320 53080 Vijay Singh BC B
92 2407 52013 Yogeshwar SC B
93 1384 53078 Sunil Kumar BC A
94 1820 53204 Samsher Singh BC B
95 2018 54018 Naresh Kumar PHC
96 1239 50054 Jagbir Singh GEN
97 2445 52017 Krishan Kumar SC A
98 2023 52042 Bijender Singh SC B
99 2930 35181 Sher Singh ESM BC B
100 2814 54043 Sukhwant Singh DESM BC B
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -26-
Sr.
No.
Respondent
No.
Roll No Name Category
101 2360 53011 Sumarat Devi BC B
102 1964 53137 Krishan Kumar BC B
103 2167 53166 Bijnder Singh BC A
104 2803 52086 Bhupender Kumar SC A
105 2123 53361 Bikram Singh BC B
106 1854 53329 Vijay Singh BC B
107 3015 54065 Rajender Singh ESM GEN
108 1571 53250 Suresh Chand Yadav BC B
109 2021 54042 Harpal Singh DESM BC B
110 1665 54046 Arvind Kumar DESM BC B
111 1427 53273 Bharat Kumar BC B
112 2429 53195 Mahesh Kumar BC B
113 1364 53388 Ram Bhateri Verma BC A
114 1893 54066 Satyapal Singh PHC
115 1740 45371 Birender Singh BCB
116 1815 53339 Hansraj Yadav BC B
117 1803 52035 Sushil Kumar SC B
118 963 50019 Sunita Rani GEN
119 1266 50051 Bhupender GEN
120 2154 53212 Santosh Sharma BCA
121 2050 53287 Rajesh Kumar BC B
122 2057 53289 Anand Prakash BC B
123 1637 5338 Sunil Kumar BC A
124 1868 53005 Dayanand BC A
125 2134 53096 Sandeep Yadav BC B
126 1914 45330 Suresh Kumar BC A
127 2324 52010 Veena SC B
128 1804 52056 Anand Kumar SC B
129 2385 53335 Hazari Lal BC B
130 1369 50033 Saneh Lata GEN
131 1374 53186 Harish Singh BC B
132 633 50103 Prithvi Singh GEN
133 2262 53345 Gajanand Soni BC A
134 1308 50056 Virender Kumar GEN
135 1557 53097 Rajender Kumar BC B
136 2698 52026 Harpal Singh DESM SC A
137 1129 53065 Sunita Bai BC B
138 2516 53120 Rakesh Kumar BC B
139 1899 53042 Rajender Kumar BC A
140 1935 53263 Vijay Pal Singh BCB
141 2567 52009 Krishan Kumar SC A
142 2521 45358 Mukesh Kumar BC B
143 1903 21085 Suresh Chand Sharma BC A
144 2659 82068 Dod Ram SC B
145 2158 52047 Dinesh Kumar SC B
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -27-
Sr.
No.
Respondent
No.
Roll No Name Category
146 2865 54005 Vijay Singh PHC
147 889 50047 Ved Parkash GEN
148 1786 53258 Mahender Singh BC B
149 1907 53205 Jagroop Singh BC B
150 1106 50080 Anil Kumar GEN
151 2501 53327 Yogender Kumar BC B
152 38 50004 Aruna Sharma GEN
153 862 53049 Yogender Kumar BC A
154 1720 53168 Ravinder Kumar BC A
155 2009 53104 Rakesh Kumar BC B
156 2881 52057 Shubh Ram SC A
157 1466 45080 Sanjeev Kumar GEN
158 2076 45360 Virender Singh BC B
159 1715 54014 Ajeet Singh DESM BC B
160 1546 53324 Dayaram BC B
161 1730 52003 Rajesh Kumar SC B
162 1885 53349 Sanjay Kumar BC B
163 2086 53248 Ashok Kumar BC B
164 1632 53191 Rajender Parshad BC B
165 2124 53185 Dharmender Kumar BC B
166 2396 54044 Deepak Kumar DESM BC B
167 177 50037 Vikram Singh GEN
168 1508 88002 Suman Arya BC A
169 2271 52034 Mukesh Kumar SC B
170 2620 52005 Surya Kant SC B
171 1648 53307 Krishan Kumar BC B
172 2479 53254 Vijay Pal BC B
173 2613 22025 Sunil Kumar SC A
174 2378 53129 Yatinder Pal BC B
175 1966 18228 Anil Kumar BC A
176 1400 45374 Jaswant Singh BC B
177 265 50065 Samay Pal GEN
178 1813 53025 Satyvan Singh BC A
179 2270 53247 Ashok Kumar BC B
180 1959 53220 Amar Singh BC B
181 2374 53200 Hira Lal BC A
182 1264 53325 Anil Kumar BC B
183 2207 53069 Tripta BC B
184 1304 53333 Krishan Kumar BC B
185 3009 54063 Babu Lal ESM BC B
186 2701 52021 Satyveer Singh SC A
187 1509 50096 Jitender Kumar Bhardwaj GEN
188 2369 53306 Narender Singh BC A
189 2326 52075 Jagdish Prasad SC B
190 2112 53376 Surender Singh BC A
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -28-
Sr.
No.
Respondent
No.
Roll No Name Category
191 1970 53160 Manoj Kumar BC B
192 2906 54001 Sanjay Kumar PHC
193 2005 53072 Satish Kumar BC A
194 137 50070 Ramesh Chander GEN
195 2956 54061 Ashok Kumar ESM GEN
196 2564 52025 Suresh Kumar SC B
197 1717 53099 Chet Ram BC B
198 2902 54012 Balwant Singh PHC
199 2089 53294 Radhe Lal BC B
200 2592 52087 Rajveer Singh SC B
201 374 50046 Naresh Kumar Sharma GEN
202 1779 54004 Kusum Lata PHC
203 255 50057 Gyarshi Lal GEN
204 2019 53178 Sube Singh BC B
205 2140 53383 Somdut Sharma BC A
206 147 50097 Sunita Kumari GEN
207 2849 45207 Sandesh Kumar SC A
208 2103 53330 Krishan Kumar BC B
209 2321 53206 Rang Rao BC B
210 1574 53144 Rama Kant BC A
211 2817 54052 Ved Prakash DESM BC B
212 1812 53109 Suman Yadav BC B
213 2389 53189 Devender BC B
214 1831 53181 Kashmir Singh BC B
215 1879 53108 Dharmpal BC A
216 1726 53062 Pramila Kumari BC B
217 1134 50005 Neelam GEN
218 1215 53316 Raj Kumar BC A
219 1860 53119 Anita Kumari BC B
220 1250 53146 Vinod Kumar BC B
221 1231 53081 Shivani Rajput BC A
(iv) The judgment shall not be seen as approval of selection
only of 221 candidates. The State shall prepare a single
merit list containing marks obtained out of 80% for
academic qualification, experience and higher qualification
and marks as originally assigned in the interview that would
apply all the norms including the reservations to be applied
for various categories for the number of vacancies that
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -29-
existed. From out of such a list, a cross checking shall be
done that candidates whom we have approved in the above
paragraph figure as eligible candidates for selection. The
list will be carried out through for selection of the
remaining number of candidates as they existed for filling
up the existing vacancies.
(v) An actual appraisal of what would be the cut off marks
cannot the same as already found in the list given by Sanjiv
Kumar before the Supreme Court for it failed to take notice
of three districts namely Kurukshetra, Panipat and Rohtak.
That list has come about subsequently when the CBI has
taken the lists from Sanjiv Kumar. The appraisal of the cut
off marks for the remaining candidates (including persons
whose candidatures had been approved in C.W.P. No.16410
of 1999) will be done as a fresh exercise on the basis of all
the lists with marks as originally entered by the respective
interview boards. If in that list, there are persons who have
been already appointed and serving in the posts and they
are allowed to be continued by this order through para (iii)
above, the reckoning shall be only for taking stock of the
total tally and issuing fresh orders of appointment to the
remaining persons. This exercise of determining the cut off
marks shall be completed within 4 weeks from the date of
this order.
(vi) To the persons who have been appointed already but
whose names do not get ticked against the fresh list now
C.W.P. No.14018 of 2000 -30-
ordered to be prepared, they shall be served with orders of
termination. No recoveries shall be made for the salary
already paid. Whatever compulsory deductions are made
and availed to the credit of persons, they shall also be
released in their favour within 8 weeks from the date when
the orders of termination passed. They shall not be subject
to any disqualification for consideration to future
appointments. The State may take a policy decision to relax
the age for those candidates who are now directed to be
removed through this order for filling up any fresh vacancies
in the next immediate selection that may be undertaken.
(vii) All the selected candidates are parties in the writ
petitions and therefore, it shall not be necessary for the
State to engage them in any show cause for removal. This
order itself rendered after hearing their submissions will be
on the application of the principle laid down thereunder and
constitute a justification for removal without issuing any
show cause notice.
17. All the writ petitions are disposed of as above.
(K. KANNAN)
JUDGE
January 08, 2014
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