Hon’ble Arun Tandon, J.—U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board, Allahabad published Advertisement No. 1/05 inviting applications for appointment as L.T. Grade Teachers (Social Science) against vacancies available in various recognized Intermediate Colleges situate throughout the State. The total number of vacancies so advertised was 399.

2. The petitioners applied in pursuance to the advertisement. After their applications were processed, they were issued admit cards. The written examination took place on 28.2.2006. On 20th May, 2006 result of the written examination was declared wherein 1912 candidates were shown as eligible for interview. On 14th June, 2006 an additional list of 634 successful candidates eligible for interview was published. Thus against 399 available vacancies, 2546 candidates were invited for participation in interview.

3. On 11th July, 2006 interview call letters were issued to the candidates successful in the written examination. The interview commenced from 2nd July, 2006. As against two Interview Boards, as displayed on the web site of the Board, as many as 5 different Interview Boards were constituted and candidates were interviewed on different dates.

4. Large number of candidates, who were not successful in the written examination were in fact permitted to participate in the interview. On 24th July, 2006 an Interview Board was constituted only for one candidate namely Rajesh Kumar Singh, who was neither declared successful in the written examination nor his roll number was displayed in the interview call list.

5. At this stage of the proceedings, present writ petition was filed with the prayer that the entire process of selection in pursuance to the Advertisement No. 1/2005, pertaining to the subject of Social Science, be quashed with a further prayer that the respondent may be restrained from holding any interview for the posts in question.

6. On behalf of the petitioner serious allegations of unfairness, violation of statutory rules and nepotism have been levelled against the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board and its officers. Such allegations shall be dealt with serially herein under.

7. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that the entire process of selection is dehors the statutory rules, arbitrary and unfair. It has been contended that the procedure adopted for selection has to go as a whole, inasmuch as entire selections are based on a spoiled system. Counsel for the petitioner has taken the Court through the records of the present writ petition for pointing out that at every stage of selection there has been illegality and unfairness. Therefore, the Court proceeds to deal with the procedure adopted by the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board stage-wise.

Stage-1. Submission of Applications and allotment of Roll Numbers:

8. Sri U.N. Sharma Senior Advocate, appearing on behalf of the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board, on 10.10.2006 informed the Court that after the applications are received alongwith requisite fee (complete in all respect) in response to the advertisement, the same are processed and admit cards, bearing roll number for appearance in the written examination to be conducted by the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board including details of the examination centres, are forwarded by registered post at the address disclosed by the applicant himself in his application form. Simultaneously the admit cards are also up linked on the website of the U.P. Secondary Education Services Selection Board. Every candidate, who has applied, has been furnished detail knowledge qua the examination centres and the roll numbers allotted to them not only through registered post but also through web site.

9. It is admitted on record that for the purposes of the written examination board had divided the entire State of U.P. into 9 Regions. Roll numbers are in 9 digits. First two digits denote the Region of the examination centres.