ANIRUDDHA BOSE

1. THE grievance of the writ petitioner in this proceeding is over his exclusion from the final list published by the State Government permitting him to undergo the course of MS in orthopaedics from in-service category that is from among the Medical Officers already in service of the State Government. This category of examinees or students are known as Trainee Reserve candidates. The petitioner was initially selected for pursuing the course from Nil Ratan Sarkar Medical College. At the time when the petitioner applied for admission, he was an employee of the State Government, being a Medical Officer under the West Bengal Health Services. He belongs to a Scheduled Tribe and had obtained his degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery under the University of Calcutta in the year 2003 and completed his internship in the year 2005. He was initially appointed in the cadre of the West Bengal Health Services temporarily on a purely ad-hoc basis for a period of six months. His appointment was notified by a memorandum issued on 25th September 2006 by the appropriate authority of the State Government. Thereafter by another memorandum dated 26th April 2007, his service w