JUDGMENT

Najmi Waziri, J. (Oral)

The hearing has been conducted through hybrid mode (physical and virtual hearing).

1. The petitioners impugn the order/judgment of the learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi ('Tribunal') passed on 15.03.2019 in OA No.3528/2017; they seek issuance of a direction to the respondents to prepare, maintain and operate a Reserve Panel/Wait List apropos the recruitment process conducted by way of Combined Higher Secondary Level (10+2) Examination-2015; and consider the petitioners for appointment, by making appropriate recommendations to the various Cadres in accordance with their respective Merit Positions and to assign them all consequential benefits.

2. In essence, the issue before the court is whether any obligation exists on the part of Union of India to seek details of unfilled vacancies after the initial list of successful candidates (prepared/recommended by it) gets exhausted, and to offer appointments to persons, in the order of merit, from the same selection against the said unfilled vacancies.

3. The facts leading to the present petition are that, the petitioners had applied for recruitment in Combined Higher Se