HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
ARUN MONGA
Ganesh Lal Parmar, S/o Hajaram Parmar – Appellant
Versus
Secretary (Admn.) Jodhpur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited, New Power House, Jodhpur. (Rajasthan) – Respondent
Order :
(ARUN MONGA, J.)
1. Petitioner herein, is before this Court, inter-alia, seeks issuance of appropriate writ, order and / or direction commanding the respondents to accord him appointment on the post of Technical Helper-III, pursuant to advertisement dated 04.02.2022 (Annex.1) with all consequential benefits.
2. Brief facts first. Jaipur Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (JVVNL) issued an advertisement dated 04.02.2022, inviting applications for the recruitment of Technical Helper-III in both TSP and Non- TSP areas. The petitioner, being fully eligible, applied for the same. In the online written examination, petitioner secured 82.0000 marks, which were subsequently normalized to 80.36679 marks.
2.1 After being successful in the aforesaid examination, the petitioner was called for document verification on 19.01.2023, wherein he submitted all original documents alongwith an affidavit that disclosed pendency of a criminal case against him.
2.2 Despite the petitioner being included in the select list, JVVNL issued the impugned order dated 03.03.2023, appointing all other selected candidates, but excluding the petitioner.
2.4 The State Government has issued a circular dated 15.07.2016, whic
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