Order

Leave granted.

2. These appeals by special leave arise from the order of Central Administrative Tribunal Cuttack Bench made on October 10, 1994 and March 20, 1996 in O.A. No. 137/93 and Review Application No. 7/95 respectively. The orders disclose the alarming state of affairs re­garding lack of integrity and sincerity in the selection process, which is expected to assess merit and recommend for appointment of competent and meritorious persons according to the list prepared by the competent Selection Board. Reverse is the result shown in the process of selection. Pursuant to the advertisement No. 6/92 for filling up of six posts of chargemen, ‘B’ Grade in Mechanical and Electrical Division, the fake selection process appears to have been gone by and some persons came to be appointed including the petition­ers. When the selection was questioned, the Tribunal had called for the record and on the perusal of the record, noted as under:

“The perusal of the Answer Book of the candidates with Roll No. 001078 (Umakanta Panigrahi) shows that though at Sl. No. 3, in the first page of the answer book, his marks were shown as `00 it was change to `20 . At Serial Number 11, there has been