V.KAMESWAR RAO, J. CM No. 1226/2015 (for filing additional affidavit) in W.P.(C) 2204/2014

This is an application filed by the respondent to take on record the additional documents. In view of the reasons stated in the application, the same is allowed. The additional affidavit is taken on record. Application stands disposed of.

W.P.(C) Nos. 2204/2014, 4597/2014, 8098/2015, 8110/2015, 4279/2015 & 6129/2015

1. As the reliefs in all the writ petitions are identical with almost similar facts, the same are being decided by this common order. 2. The writ petition No.2204/2014 Mohit Panwar & Ors. vs. Airport Authority of India is being considered as a lead case, even though the facts of each writ petition would be noted separately, the stand of the respondent would be seen/considered from the pleadings filed in this petition.

Writ Petition (C) No. 2204/2014

3. The nine petitioners in this writ petition have challenged the notification dated March 21, 2014, whereby it was decided to redo the entire selection process afresh for the posts published vide advertisement No.02/2012 dated March 01, 2012 and seeking a further direction to the respondent to issue appointment letters to the petitioners who were found suitable and selected provisionally for the post of Junior Executive (Engineering-Civil) and Junior Executive (Engineering-Electrical).

4. It is the case of the petitioners that the respondent invited applications from eligible candidates for filling up the posts inter-alia of Junior Executive (Engineering-Civil) and Junior Executive (Engineering-Electrical) in the Airports Authority of India vide notification/advertisement No.02/2012 dated March 01, 2012. All the petitioners appeared for the written examination on August 26, 2012 and qualified it successfully. Pursuant thereto, the petitioners appeared for the interview in the month of December, 2012. The respondent published the final result in the month of January, 2013, wherein it was stated that the petitioners are provisionally selected for the posts of Junior Executive (Engineering-Civil) and Junior Executive (Engineering-Electrical) and their offer letters will be issued shortly. It is also the case of the petitioners that the respondent issued offer of appointment to the candidates who applied for the post of Junior Executive (Fire Services). In the month of April/May, 2013, to their shock and surprise the respondent published a notice on its website stating that for administrative reasons the recruitment related to the posts advertised vide advertisement No.02/2012 dated March 01, 2012 has been put on hold/withheld until further orders. The petitioner No.9 made a representation vide e-mail dated June 11, 2013 but was of no avail.

Similarly, the petitioner No.2 also made a representation dated June 20, 2013 requesting the respondent to issue offer of appointment, but the said request was also not acceded to. Similarly, the e-mail dated September 06, 2013 of the petitioner No.3 has not been answered. It was only on the application under RTI dated November 20, 2013 to know the status of issuance of appointment letters that a response was received from the respondent on January 10, 2014 stating that the appointment letters have been withheld due to some administrative reasons and no other information is available with them regarding the advertisement No.02/2012.

5. They initially filed a writ petition No.841/2014 which was disposed of vide order dated February 05, 2014 in the light of writ petition No.399/2014 wherein it was directed that the competent authority to take a decision in the matter with expedition not later than eight weeks from February 05, 2014. The impugned notification dated March 21/2014 is a decision on the advertisement No.02/2012, whereby it has been decided to redo the selection process afresh under advertisement No.02/2012.

6. It may be necessary to