DELHI HIGH COURT
SURESH KUMAR KAIT, SAURABH BANERJEE
Arun Kumar – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Suresh Kumar Kait, J.
1. In the present petition, petitioner claims to have applied for the post of Sub Inspector in Railway Protection Force (henceforth referred to as the `RPF'), Ministry of Railway pursuant to advertisement No.2/2011 dated 13.04.2011 and upon successfully clearing the selection process, he was called for Viva-Voce and documents verification. However, his candidature was turned down on account of deficiency in the caste certificate, having not been in the format prescribed in the advertisement.
2. Being aggrieved, petitioner approached this Court in W.P.(C) No. 36/2014 inter alia praying for a direction to the respondents to accept his caste certificate and to consider him for appointment to the post of Sub Inspector (Executive) in RAILWAY ZONE (RPF), Ministry of Railway. Vide Judgment dated 30.01.2015 the Court held that the Caste Certificate produced by the petitioner was in requisite format and directed the RPF to appoint the petitioner as Sub Inspector under the Scheduled Caste Category, while permitting the respondent to verify its authenticity from the office of the Sub-Divisional Magistrate who had issued it. According to petitioner, despite s
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