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JAI KUMAR PILLAI
Mohan Singh Dawar (Dr. ) – Appellant
Versus
Principal Secretary The State of Madhya Pradesh – Respondent
ORDER
1. The petitioner has approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking following relief:-
“(a) to call for the relevant records of the case from the respondents;
(b) to command the respondents to treat the petitioner as qualified in the selection process meant for appointment on the post of Professor in Commerce undertaken by the respondent No.2 and to appoint him on the post of Professor in Commerce in the regular pay scale of Rs.12,000-18,300/- (revised to Rs.37,400- 67,000/- + AGP Rs.10,000/- w.e.f. 1.1.2006), with all consequential and monetary benefits, by a writ of Mandamus or any other appropriate writ, direction or order;
(c) to allow this petition with costs;
(d) to pass such other order(s) as may be deemed appropriate in the facts and circumstances of the case, to grant relief to the Petitioner.”
2. The case of the petitioner is that he is the citizen of India and the resident of Barwani District and belonged to the ‘Bhilala’ Caste recognized as a Scheduled Tribe in the State of Madhya Pradesh. He had obtained a Ph.D. Degree in Commerce from Devi Ahilya University, Indore and had held a green card entitling him to an additional
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