Placement in a selection list does not guarantee appointment without fulfilling eligibility requirements.

ORDER :

T. Vinod Kumar, J.

Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned counsel for the respondents 1 to 3 and perused the records.

2. Briefly put the case of the petitioner is that he being an ex-serviceman applied to the post of Security Guard – 2018 pursuant to online recruitment notification issued by the 1st respondent in their official website and also the advertisement issued in Employment News, on 09.11.2018, calling for online applications for filling up 270 vacancies in various offices of the 1st respondent under 18 Zonal Offices situated all over India, by direct recruitment; that for Chennai Region, the first respondent notified 19 vacancies out of which 2 vacancies were reserved under OBC category and 17 vacancies under General category; that since, the petitioner being an ex-serviceman, and fully qualified, had submitted his application online on 09.11.2018; that based on the application submitted, the third respondent had issued call letter for online Competitive Examination to be held on 27.12.2018; that the petitioner had written the online examination on the said date, which was conducted in three subjects, consisting of overall 100 objective type questions for a total of 100 marks, with negative marking of 0.25 mark to be deducted for each wrong answer; and that the candidate has to secure the minimum marks in each of three subjects.

3. It is the further case of the petitioner that on written examination being held on 27.12.2018, second and third respondents published the results of the written examination on 28.01.2019 in their Official Website; that totally 33 candidates including the petitioner Roll Number, were included in the result of written examination held for Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Regional Office; that the respondents issued call letter to him through e-mail on 07.02.2019 to appear for physical test on 18.02.2019 at 9.30 a.m., at its Zonal Office in Chennai; that he had appeared for physical test on the scheduled date and participated in all the events which were conducted to test physical skill and got qualified in all the events.

4. Petitioner further contended that he received a mail dated 05.03.2019, directing him to appear for certificate verification in the Office of the second respondent on 12.03.2019 with all 11 certificates as mentioned therein and ID proof; that he had appeared for certificate verification with all required certificates on the said date; that in all 19 candidates including the respondents 4 to 13 were called for certificate verification; and that the petitioner’s name is shown at S.No.14 in the list of 19 candidates, who were called for certificate verification; that the concerned Officials who have caused certificate verification, informed him the result of selection would be published in their official website; that the respondents 2 and 3 have published the selection list on 28.05.2019; that to shock and surprise of the petitioner, he found that the respondents 2 and 3, instead of including all 19 candidates who were called for certificate verification including the petitioner in the selection list, have selected only 10 candidates, namely respondents 4 to 13; and that as per the recruitment notification, the persons selected for appointment to the post of Security Guard would be sent for medical examination to assess and ascertain their physical fitness and if they are found medically fit, they would be issued with the orders of appointment.

5. Petitioner further contended that after attending the certificate verification, all the 19 candidates who were called for certificate verification, were in contact with each other on a Whatsapp group and have been communicating with each other, so as