Order (Oral)

04/03/2025

1. The petitioner herein, an aspirant to become Lower Division Clerk (LDC), pursuant to an advertisement dated 14.02.2013 (Annex.2), is before this Court, seeking an appropriate writ, order and/or direction to the respondents to accord appointment to him while considering his Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA) from Makhanlal Chaturvedi University, Bhopal as valid.

2. The relevant facts shorn-of unnecessary details are that the respondents issued an advertisement dated 14.02.2013 inviting applications for the post of LDC. The petitioner applied for the same and participated in the selection process. However, her certificate of PGDCA was not taken into consideration on the ground that the same was not obtained from a recognized university. Hence, this petition.

3. The pointed stand taken by the respondents in their reply is contained in para No.1 of the reply, which being apposite, is reproduced hereunder:-

"1. That the Petitioner has not approached this Hon'ble Court with clean hands. The Petitioner is guilty of making concealment of material facts so also making misstatements of fact. In this regard, it is submitted that selection process in r