Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 22: Division Bench of High Court comprising Justice Mohd Yaqoob Mir and Justice Tashi Rabstan has upheld the Single Judge order whereby selection of 295 teachers of Rajouri district was quashed.
After hearing Senior Advocates MA Goni, A V Gupta with Advocates Ajay Singh Kotwal, Munish Sharma Kazam Bhat and Rahul Pant for the appellants whereas Senior Advocate DC Raina with Advocate Arun Kumar, Senior Advocate MK Bhardwaj with Advocate Ajay Abrol for the private respondent, AAG Ravinder Sharma for the State and Advocate SK Shukla for SSRB, Division Bench observed, “Single Judge has quashed the entire selection process only on the ground of the Committee having been constituted in violation to the statutory Rule 6(6) of the Rules. Another important issue is that Shiraj-ul-Haq Malik, member should not have participated in the selection process and should have withdrawn. But default thereof has vitiated the entire selection process”.
“It is a matter of concern that one Arshad Waheed, who was working as Lab Assistant in Government HS Ramkote, on getting selected as teacher, has resigned and thereafter joined. Again, one more candidate Shazia Parveen, who has been working as Banking Associate Code No. 12578 posted at BU Gujjar Desh Charitable Trust, has, also on getting selected and appointed, resigned from the post she was occupying. Now she too is in an uncertain situation”, the DB said, adding “for advancing the cause of justice, we observe the two candidates shall move a representation for being taken back into service which we hope and trust will sympathetically be considered and accepted by the concerned authorities”.
“In some of the appeals, the appellants were not the party to the writ but the quashment of the entire selection/appointments has affected them directly. With the leave of the Court, their appeals also stand entertained”, the DB said and directed respondents to constitute the District Level Selection Committee in accordance with Rule 6(6) of the Rules and finalize the process of selection and appointment within eight weeks.
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