Amol Rattan Singh, J. - (1.) The petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari quashing the selection and appointment of respondents No. 3 to 10 to the advertised posts of Deputy General Manager (General Administration) in the respondent -Food Corporation of India (hereinafter referred to as the 'Corporation'), stating that he has been deliberately denied appointment on the said post, despite being placed at the fourth position in the written test held, amongst the 181 candidates who appeared in that test. Naturally, he seeks the consequential relief of appointment to the said post.
(2.) The petitioner, at the time of filing of the petition in the year 2010, is stated to have been working as an Assistant General Manager (General) in the Corporation, posted at Panchkula on 05.11.2008, prior to which he was working as an Area Manager at Rohtak.
(3.) The Corporation advertised various posts, including that of Deputy General Manager (General Administration). A total of four vacancies in the unreserved category were advertised for the said post, vide an advertisement dated 05.11.2008 (Annexure P -1). The petitioner is stated to have applied on 30.7.2008, through proper channel, with the required fee, with the application having been duly forwarded by his office, at the required address, which was Post Box No. 3076, Lodhi Road, New Delhi, as per the advertisement.;