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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
A.S. CHANDURKAR, RAJESH S. PATIL, JJ.
Meenal Shashikant Joglekar ] R/of Worli, Mumbai – Appellant
Versus
State Of Maharashtra, ] Through Information & Public Relations Dept. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
A.S. Chandurkar, J.
1. In these writ petitions, a challenge has been raised to the common judgment of the Maharashtra Administrative Tribunal (for short, ‘the Tribunal’) dated 31/07/2015 in Original Application Nos.4 of 2011 and 5 of 2011. By virtue of the impugned judgment, the selection and appointment of the petitioners in Writ Petition No.7920 of 2015 on the post of District Information Officer, Group-A (Junior) has been quashed and the Department of Public Relations, State of Maharashtra has been directed to conduct a fresh process of selection for four posts from the open category of District Information Officer. The State of Maharashtra through its Department of Public Relations being aggrieved by the said common judgment has also challenged the same in Writ Petition No.1890 of 2017.
2. Facts relevant for considering the challenge as raised are that on 11/02/2008, the Director General of Information and Public Relations issued Advertisement No.2 of 2008 wherein eight posts of District Information Officer were advertised. One post was reserved for candidates from the Schedule Castes Category, three posts were reserved for candidates from the Other Backward Class Cate
The Tribunal exceeded its jurisdiction by assessing candidates' qualifications instead of deferring to the Selection Committee's discretion, and the aggrieved candidate's failure to challenge the adv....
Right of the petitioners to claim age relaxation as they were within age and had applied for recruitment pursuant to the earlier advertisement which got cancelled.
The entitlement to appointments based on wait list positions and the application of age relaxation and policy circulars in determining eligibility for appointments.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the selection process must adhere to the terms of the advertisement and the prescribed rules, and any deviation from these norms is impermissi....
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