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SANJAY KUMAR MEDHI
Pradyut Baruah, S/o. Shri Deben Baruah – Appellant
Versus
Principal Secretary Government of Assam, Urban Development Deptt. , Dispur – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
The instant writ petition has been filed with regard to a claim for pay protection. The petitioner, who is a diploma holder in Civil Engineering, was initially appointed as a Sector Inspector Trainee pursuant to a duly conducted recruitment process initiated by the Jorhat Development Authority (JDA). The said authority is constituted under the Assam Town and Country Planning Act, 1959 (Act of 1959) and is under the Department of Urban Development, Government of Assam.
2. It is the case of the petitioner that his appointment which was made on 08.03.2001 was regularized w.e.f. 01.03.2002. While in service, an advertisement was published by the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) on 08.10.2007 for filling up 3 numbers of post of Junior Engineer (Civil) in the Department of Town and Country Planning. The petitioner applied for the said post and since, he was already employed with the JDA, the application dated 24.10.2007 was duly forwarded by the JDA. The petitioner was selected in the said recruitment process and vide order dated 03.06.2009, he was appointed as a Junior Engineer (Civil) under the Directorate of Town and Country Planning.
3. The grievance of the petitioner i
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