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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA
TAPABRATA CHAKRABORTY, PARTHA SARATHI SEN
Priyanka Dam – Appellant
Versus
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Tapabrata Chakraborty, J.
1. The present appeal has been preferred challenging a judgment dated 07.09.2022 passed by the learned single Judge in the writ petition being WPA 26657 of 2014 preferred by one Priyanka Dam (hereinafter referred to as Priyanka) inter alia praying for issuance of necessary direction upon the respondents to give her appointment and to allow her to join in the post of Assistant Manager (Human Resource and Administration) [hereinafter referred to as AM (HR&A)] under the West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Committee Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as WBSEDCL).
2. Priyanka’s case is that while she was pursuing her post-graduation degree in the Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (in short, IISWBM), campus interviews were conducted by WBSEDCL on 05.03.2013 and 06.03.2013 for the purpose of recruiting students to the post of AM (HR&A) under WBSEDCL. Thereafter vide memo dated 04.04.2013, the final result of the campus interviews was intimated to the Placement Manager IISWBM by the General Manager (Human Resource and Administration) [hereinafter referred to as GM (HR&A)]. In the said memo, her name was at serial no. 7 and as dir
Earmarking of 200 marks for viva voce test as against 850 marks for written examination does not violate the doctrine of equality embodied in Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
Earmarking of 200 marks for viva voce test as against 850 marks for written examination does not violate the doctrine of equality embodied in Article 14 and 16 of the Constitution.
The court affirmed that petitioners, having previously accepted the selection process, were barred from later contesting the methodology due to principles of waiver and acquiescence, despite alleging....
Selection process legality cannot be challenged after participation without evidence of misconduct or unfairness.
The selection process must be fair and transparent; systemic irregularities can invalidate the entire process, even if some candidates are innocent of wrongdoing.
Employment and Service matter - Grade-IV employees - Selection process - Selection process is not subject matter of challenge in absence of any grounds, subsequent action of issuing appointment order....
It is settled law that a person who consciously takes part in process of selection cannot, thereafter, turn around and question method of selection and its outcome.
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