ORDER

Per: Hon’ble Shri Santosh Mehra ……Member(A)

Through this OA, the applicant has sought the following reliefs:

a) Issue of writ of mandamus or any other appropriate writ or order declaring that inclusion of the candidates possessing qualification higher than pass in SSLC by the 3rd Respondent in the selection process of Hospital Assistants in terms of the Notification dated 25.7.2022 (Annexure-A2) is violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India and also contrary to the law declared by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, produced at Annexure-A8 and A9;

b) Issue a writ of mandamus or any other writ, order or direction, directing Respondents 2 and 3 redo the entire selection process for the posts of Hospital Assistants by considering only the candidates possessing qualification of pass in SSLC from the stage of conducting written test and to publish a merit list and proceed with the recruitment process from that stage, to meet the ends of justice;

c) Pass any other Order or Direction that this Hon'ble Tribunal may deem necessary in the facts and circumstances of the present case and in the interest of justice and equity.

2. The facts in a nutshell are as follows:

The applicant, wh