VALMIKI J. MEHTA, J

1. By this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks the relief of quashing of the impugned order dated 3.3.2017 issued by the respondent no. 2/employer cancelling the appointment of the petitioner. The appointment of the petitioner was cancelled on the ground that petitioner got employment with the respondent no. 2 in the reserved Other Backward Classes (OBC) category under the Jat caste, but the Jat caste is no longer an OBC in the Central List of OBCs in view of the judgment in the case of Ram Singh and Others Vs. Union of India, (2015) 4 SCC 697. The impugned order dated 3.3.2017 reads as under:-

“INDIAN PHARMACOPOEIA COMMISSION

MIN. OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

SECTOR-23, RAJ NAGAR, GHAZIABAD – 201002

File No. IPC/1056/2015-16

Date: 3rd March, 2017.

To,

Dr. Sucheta

Sr. Scientific Officer

Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission

Sector – 23, Raj Nagar,

Ghaziabad – 201002.

Sub: Cancellation of the appointment in the Post of Sr. Scientific Officer in OBC Category – Reg.

In response to the open advertisement published in July, 2014, for filling of four vacant posts of Senior Scientific Officer (2-UR, 1-OBC and 1-SC) by direct

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