Judgment

R. C. LAHOTI, J.

( 1 ) THE present one is yet another case seeking to bring to the fore the rampant corruption in the corridors of politics and bureaucracy. Unemployed persons belonging to the lower strata of society are taken for granted and job opportunities instead of being made available according to merit and with equal opportunity to all, are sought to be distributed by adopting questionable methods and that cannot obviously be without hidden consideration or underhand dealings - to be more correct.

( 2 ) THE petitioner is an IAS officer of the year 1985, sufficiently senior and allotted to Haryana cadre. He has held various assignments of responsibility. In November 1999 about 4000 vacancies of JBT teachers were advertised by the Department of Primary Education, State of Haryana for being filled up through District-Level Selection Committees. Nineteen such committees were constituted. Applications were invited and short-listed candidates were called for interview in the 19 districts. At the time when the process of selections was initiated and the selections were held, one Shri R. P. Chander, IAS, was the Director, Primary Education. In January 2000, he was shifted f