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AJIT KUMAR
Samrah Ahmad – Appellant
Versus
State of U. P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
AJIT KUMAR, J.
1. Heard Sri Ashok Khare, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Siddharth Khare, Sri Ashish Mishra, Sri Seemant Singh and Sri Radha Kant Ojha, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Namit Srivastava for petitioners, Sri Manish Goyal, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Ms. Anjali Goklani and Ms. Ananya Shukla, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respondent U.P. Jal Nigam, Sri Ajeet Kumar Singh, learned Additional Advocate General assisted by Sri Amit Verma, learned Standing Counsel for the State respondents, Sri Sanjay Kumar Om, learned counsel for the U.P. Jal Nigam (Rural) and Sri V.K. Rai and Sri Aditya Bhushan Singhal, learned counsel for U.P. Jal Nigam (Urban), Ms. Meha Rashmi, learned counsel appearing for respondent M/s. Aptech Limited.
2. This bunch of petitions consists of above noted writ petitions that arise out of the same advertisements and selections qua posts of Assistant Engineers, Junior Engineers (different trades) and Routine Grade Clerks of same department namely U.P. Jal Nigam and are, therefore, connected. Now this bunch of petitions is being heard and decided.
FACTS
3. The erstwhile U.P. Jal Nigam prior to its split into two corpora
The court emphasized that the integrity of public employment selections must be maintained, ruling that the failure to publish the master answer key and deletion of original data rendered the selecti....
The court ruled that the selection process for Junior Engineers/Assistant Engineers was fraudulent, violating Articles 14 and 16(1) of the Constitution, and directed a fresh review based on actual ma....
(1) Appointment – Cancellation of entire selection due to mass irregularities is justified.(2) Principles of Natural Justice cannot be invoked to validate fraud that has occurred – These principles a....
In cases of widespread irregularities in selection processes, cancellation of entire selection is justified, as separation of affected candidates is not feasible.
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