B. R. SARANGI
Sangeet Kumar Patra – Appellant
Versus
State of Orissa – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Dr. B.R. Sarangi, J. - The petitioner, by means of this writ petition, seeks to issue direction to the opposite parties to appoint him as Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil), pursuant to advertisement no.3 of 2015-16 dated 17.04.2015 issued by opposite party no.2-Odisha Public Service Commission (OPSC), after calling him to appear in the interview.
2. The factual matrix of the case, in precise, is that the OPSC issued an advertisement bearing no.3 of 2015-16 dated 17.04.2015 for recruitment to 657 posts of Assistant Executive Engineer (Civil) and 25 posts of Assistant Executive Engineer (Mechanical) in Group-'A' of Odisha Engineering Service under Water Resources Dept., Works Department and H & U.D Department inviting applications through online from the prospective candidates, as per the profoma application available on its website, from 27.04.2015 to 27.05.2015 fixing 29.05.2015 as the last date for payment of application fees for the aforesaid recruitment in the scale of pay of Rs.15,600-39,100/- with Grade Pay of Rs.5,400/- in P.B.-3 with usual dearness allowance an
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