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SALIL KUMAR RAI, ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL
Ravi Shanker Maurya – Appellant
Versus
Union of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Arun Kumar Singh Deshwal, J.
1. Heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Siddharth Khare, learned counsel for the petitioner, Sri Ajay Singh, learned counsel for the Railways and perused the record.
2. By way of the present writ petition, the petitioner has challenged the judgement dated 11.8.2017, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Allahabad Bench, Allahabad (hereinafter referred to as ''C.A.T.') in Original Application No. 101 of 2016 by which the application of the petitioner against cancellation of his candidature was rejected.
3. Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Siddharth Khare, learned counsel for the petitioner, contended that the order impugned is absolutely erroneous and arbitrary. The factual matrix of this case is as below:-
(i) The Railway Recruitment Cell, North-Central Railway, Allahabad issued an employment notice No. 1 of 2013, whereby applications were invited for filling up several categories of Class-IV post in Railways.
(ii) The petitioner also submitted his application in pursuance of this employment notice and he was also allotted Roll Number as 1210118369. The petitioner, after appearing in written
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