ORDER :

1. At the outset, it is relevant to note that the present writ petition was preferred by total 119 petitioners. Vide order dated 20.04.2022, the petition was dismissed qua petitioners Nos.4, 5, 10, 13, 22, 24, 31, 40, 42, 43, 47, 54, 55, 56, 68, 69, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 87, 88, 98, 101, 102, 103 & 104 i.e. 28 petitioners. The present petition now survives only qua the remaining petitioners and therefore the present judgment would govern all the petitioners except petitioners Nos.4, 5, 10, 13, 22, 24, 31, 40, 42, 43, 47, 54, 55, 56, 68, 69, 73, 74, 81, 82, 83, 87, 88, 98, 101, 102, 103 & 104 (28 in number).

2. The present writ petition has been preferred against the information/communication dated 20.09.2019 (Annexure-6) whereby complete recruitment process pertaining to recruitment of ‘Watchmen for manning posts’ undertaken by the Food Corporation of India (hereinafter referred to as ‘the FCI’) has been cancelled.

3. The case of the petitioners is that in pursuance to advertisement No. FCI-RAJASTHAN/01/2017 issued by the FCI for recruitment to the post of ‘Watchmen for mann