- (1.) The petitioner is a candidate for the appointment to the post of Assistant Grade-III (General). The Food Corporation of India, the first respondent issued an advertisement on 23rd January, 2015 calling applications from the candidates to a large number of posts mentioned in the advertisement. Total 4318 posts were advertised in the said advertisement. Pursuant to the advertisement, the petitioner made an application for appointment on the post of Assistant Grade III.
(2.) It is stated that essential qualification mentioned in the advertisement was Bachelor Degree in any discipline along with working experience in computer. The petitioner claims that he fulfills the eligibility criteria, he did his Bachelor of Science (Honours) in the year 2008 from Bundelkhand University. He claims that he has done a Computer Foundation Course from the same University and has a certificate of Course on Computer Concepts (CCC) issued by the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT). The petitioner claims that he is under the Scheduled Caste category.
(3.) The petitioner qualified the written examination and he ranked 56 in the order of merit. It is stated in paragraph-8 of the writ petition that a call letter was issued to the petitioner on 31st December, 2015 and he appeared with his original documents on the scheduled date, time and place i.e. 20th January, 2016 at 01.00 p.m. in the office of the first respondent and placed all such documents, which he has brought on record as annexure-2 to the writ petition, before the authority. After perusing the same, the authority was fully satisfied, however, by an order dated 05th June, 2016 the petitioner came to know that the first respondent has declared the final result and the petitioner's candidature has been cancelled by a cryptic order.;