The recruitment process must adhere strictly to the stipulated criteria, ensuring equal opportunity and non-arbitrariness in selections for public appointments.

Order on Board

31/01/2026

1. Notices were issued to private respondent no.4, petitioner had submitted the dasti service report along with affidavit, however there is no representation on behalf of respondent no. 4, therefore, this writ petition is considered and heard in his absence.

2. Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs:-

“10.1 That this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash and set aside the impugned action of the respondent authorities

10.2 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent authorities to consider the candidature of the petitioner for the post of Secretary (Contractual) Tatapani Micro Watershed Committee (Code 2A6C6A2F).

10.3 That this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondents to restore the name of the petitioner in the final merit list and to appoint/engage the petitioner on the post of advertised.

10.4 That this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ, order or direction commanding the respondents to produce before this Hon’ble Court the entire records of the recruitment/selection process conducted under the aforesaid advertisement and to justify the deletion of the petitioner’s name from the merit list, failing which an adverse inference may kindly be drawn against the respondents.

10.5 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief/relief’s in favour of the petitioner, which the Hon’ble Court deemed fit and just in the facts and circumstances of the case, including awarding of the costs of the petitioner."

3. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the office of Deputy Director Agriculture cum Project Manager, WCDC, District Balrampur- Ramanujganj, Chhattisgarh has issued an advertisement dated

06.03.2023 inviting application from the interested persons for their appointment to the post of Secretary (contractual) in various Micro Watershed Committee. Petitioner submitted an application for his appointment on the post of Secretary of Micro Watershed Committee, Tatapani which includes Tatapani, Teterdih, Navadih, Damodarpur, Dhangawan, Bhawanipur, Rajbandha and Lurghutta. There was only one post which is unreserved. Petitioner submitted an application along with other candidates and after receipt of application respondent departments have published list mentioning the name of candidates whose applications were received in the office. Respondent authorities thereafter has published merit list. Name and code with respect to Micro Watershed Committee, Tatapani list of three meritorious candidates was published in which petitioner has been shown to be at serial no. 1 in the merit list with 67.9 total marks in aggregate including the marks of experience. He submits that thereafter respondents have published a notice asking the candidates whose name is mentioned in the list published by the committee to produce documents for its verification. Accordingly, petitioner submitted all the relevant documents including experience certificate issued by the Mirror Academy Computer Education Centre, Ramanujganj with his appointment order and experience certificate.

4. He also submits that Deputy director further issued another letter on

11.12.2024 asking for submitting the documents once again to which petitioner also submitted. After lapse of about three months respondent had issued a notice mentioning that the appointment with respect to Micro Watershed Committee, Tatapani and Committee Jamvantpur is kept under consideration and select list with waiting list has been published for other committees as mentio