JUDGMENT :

FARJAND ALI, J.

1. The instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner being aggrieved of the action of the respondents in denying him appointment on the post of Technical Helper on the ground that a criminal case is pending trial against him.

2. Succinctly stated, facts of the case are that the respondents published an advertisement in the month of October 2013 inviting applications for appointment on the post of Technical Helper, out of which, 984 posts were advertised for Jodhpur Vidhyut Vitran Nigam Ltd. The petitioner, who was possessing the requisite qualifications for the post, applied in the SC category. The petitioner was issued admission card and he appeared in the written examination and he secured 128 marks. The respondents prepared a list of meritorious candidates upto 1.5 times of the vacancies to call for document verification for final selection. In the said list, the petitioner was placed at S.No.1119. He was issued a call letter directing him to appear for document verification on 16.04.2015. In the call letter it was mentioned that a declaration that no criminal case is pending against him in any c