JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner in the present writ petition has challenged the order dated 05.07.2019, passed by the Chairman/Upper Sachiv, U.P. Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow, holding that petitioner has a criminal case registered against him and hence he is not eligible for being appointed on the post of Constable Civil Police and Constable PAC and that only persons who are upright with clear/clean record can only be appointed on the said post.

2. Brief facts are that the petitioner applied on 19.02.2018 for the post of Constable Civil Police and Constable PAC in pursuance of an advertisement published by U.P. Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow in the year 2018. In the said advertisement 41,000 vacancies were advertised for the post of Constable Civil Police and Constable PAC. Along with the necessary documents, the petitioner also submitted an affidavit declaring that one N.C.R. case is pending against him. The petitioner qualified Written Examination held on 18.06.2018 as well as the physical test held on 11.12.2018. Subsequently, his medical test was conducted and therein he was declared fit for selection to the advertised post. A merit list of the su