JUDGMENT

Bharati H. Dangre, J. - "We are products of our past, but we don't have to be prisoners of it".

What Rick Warren, a Christian pastor said, may not hold true in all circumstances and the present case before us, is one such circumstance.

On being dejected by his non-selection to the post of Police Sub-Inspector in Goa Police from the category of Children of Freedom Fighters on the ground that 3 criminal cases are registered against him and in ignorance of his acquittal in all these cases, the petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court. He seek a relief of revoking the impugned letter communicating him the decision of his non-selection and seek a mandatory direction to issue an appointment order in favour of the petitioner. The petitioner also pray for quashing and setting aside the appointment order in favour of respondents no.5, 6 and 7 to the post of Police Sub-Inspector of Goa Police since, it is the case of the petitioner that, in the similar circumstances the appointment orders have been issued in their favour. At the outset, the learned counsel for the petitioner Mr. Ryan Menezes state that he is instructed not to press prayer clause (aa) to the petition.