MUNNURI LAXMAN
Jasveer S/o Jagdish – Appellant
Versus
State of Rajasthan – Respondent
ORDER :
1. The petitioner applied for the post of ‘Safai Karmchari’ in pursuance of the notification/advertisement dated 13.04.2018 under the general category. His grievance is that the candidates belonging to the reserved category were recruited under the general category therefore, the petitioner had been deprived from the consideration under the general category.
2. Learned counsel representing the petitioner submits that similar kind of writ appeals were filed before the Division Bench of this Court and the Court in D.B. Spl. Appeal Writ No. 1733/2018 (Virendra Kumar & Ors. Vs. State of Rajasthan & Anr.) and batch of appeals pronounced the judgment on 09.08.2019 while disposing the appeals. The relevant portion of the said judgment reads as follows:
Gaurav Pradhan and Ors. vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. (2018) 11 SCC 352
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