JUDGMENT :

Kausik Chanda, J.

The petitioner unsuccessfully participated in a selection process for recruitment of Group-D staff conducted by this Court in terms of a notification dated September 28, 2018. By filing this writ petition, he challenges the appointment of respondent nos.7 and 8 to Group-D posts of this Court.

2. The petitioner argues that clause 7 of the said notification debarred the Graduate candidates from applying for the posts. Respondent nos.7 and 8 both are Graduates, and they participated in the selection process by way of suppression of their Graduate degree.

3. The petitioner has prayed for the cancellation of the appointment of respondent nos.7 and 8 and his appointment to a Group-D post.

4. A Coordinate Bench of this Court by an interim order dated August 22, 2022, observed, inter alia, that since the allegations against respondent nos.7 and 8 are very serious in nature, the services of the said respondents shall not be approved and/or confirmed until disposal of this writ petition or until further orders, whichever is earlier. It was clarified that in the event the writ petition fails and respondent nos.7 and 8 are exonerated from the charges levelled against th