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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI
S.N. PATHAK
Rohit Rajesh Darshanwad – Appellant
Versus
Central Coalfields Ltd., through its Chairman-cum-Managing Director – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(S.N. Pathak, J.)
These batch of writ petitions raised similar questions of law and facts and hence, the same are heard together and are being decided analogously with the consent of the learned counsel for the parties by this common judgment.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the parties at length.
Prayer
3. The petitioners have prayed for issuance of appointment letter on the basis of merit list already prepared by the respondents for the post of Electrician (Non-Excavation / Technician), pursuant to Advertisement No. 63 dated 28.03.2023.
4. For convenience sake, the facts of W.P.(S) No. 5732 of 2023 would be sufficient to decide all these writ petitions. The facts in nutshell are that an advertisement was issued on 28.03.2023 by the respondent-Central Coalfield Limited (for short ‘CCL’) for appointment on various posts including Electrician (Non-Excavation / Technician). This advertisement was for special drive to recruit the reserved category candidates i.e. Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Other Backward Class. The total number of posts advertised were 126 for Electrician (Non-Excavation / Technician), out of which 94 posts were earmarked for Scheduled Tribe; 29 for Sc
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