G. S. SANDHAWALIA, LAPITA BANERJI
Jitender Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mr. G.S.Sandhawalia, ACJ. (Oral)
Delay Application
Application for condonation of delay of 66 days in filing the appeal is allowed, in view of averments made in the application duly supported by affidavit.
2. Delay condoned.
3. CM stands disposed of.
Main Case
4. Consideration in the present letters patent appeal is to the judgment dated 31.01.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in CWP-2025-2024 whereby, the learned Single Judge chose not to grant any relief to the petitioner as such.
5. The relief claimed as such was that reasonable opportunity to the petitioner had not been granted for consideration in the process of selection against Advertisement No.5 of 2019 (Annexure P-1) for the post of Clerk. The petitioner could not give his application for coming in the zone of consideration in the revised list being out of station and the advertisement being of the year 2019. No message or e-mail being sent to him was the ground as such for filing the writ petition.
6. The learned Single Judge noticed that 4858 posts of Clerks of Group- C were to be filled in various Departments/Corporations/Boards etc., as per the advertisement. The Commission had revised the result on 17.05.
Candidates must remain vigilant regarding recruitment processes and comply with stipulated procedures; failure to do so results in forfeiture of rights to relief.
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