2012 Supreme(All) 1508

CENTRAL ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL
(Allahabad Bench)
BEFORE : SANJEEV KAUSHIK, MEMBER (JUDICIAL) AND SHASHI PRAKASH, MEMBER (ADMINISTRATIVE)
BUDDHI PRAKASH ....Applicant
Versus
UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER ....Respondents
(Original Application No. 259 of 2012, decided on 1st June, 2012)

Headnote:Appointment—Casual labour—Temporary status—In present case respondents department issued an advertisement inviting applications for filling up 7 posts of Attendant in office—Applicant being fully eligible applied—Out of seven vacancies, there were reserved for OBC and 4 were unreserved—Applicant was placed at Serial No. 1 in waiting list—All 7 candidates in order of merit given appointment and they joined—Held, candidate cannot be appointed over and above advertised post—Any appointment made beyond number of vacancies advertised is without jurisdiction—Being violative of Articles 14 and 16 (1) of the Constitution.