JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioners have challenged the vacancy notice dt. 09.01.2019 and prayed for declaring Clauses 1, 2, 7 & 8 of the said vacancy notice as ultra vires and setting aside notices dt. 03.12.2020 and 04.12.2020 wherein the application of the petitioners for appointment as distributor against the vacancy for Hingalganj Block, North 24 Parganas was rejected.

2. The District Controller (F & S), North 24 Parganas had published a notice dt. 11.07.2018 in the Official Gazette on 23.07.2018 inviting applications for filling up the vacancy of M.R. Distributorship at Hingalganj Block under Basirhat Sub-Division in the District of North 24 Parganas in prescribed format Form “G” with requisite documents and application fee.

3. The petitioner being eligible for the said M.R. Distributorship have submitted an application in the prescribed form enclosing requisite documents along with the fee as required in the vacancy Notification dt. 23.07.2018.

4. By a Gazette Notification dt. 09.01.2019, the earlier vacancy notice dt. 11.07.2018 notified in the Official Gazette on 23.07.2018 was superseded and applications were invited for filling up the vacancy of distributorship in terms of Clause