Govind Mathur, J. - (1.) BY judgment dated 22.11.2013 learned Central Administrative Tribunal, Jodhpur Bench, Jodhpur while accepting Original Application No. 226/2012, set aside a notification dated 12.7.2011 initiating process of selection for recruitment to the post of Junior Engineer (Mechanical) against the vacancies pertaining to intermediate apprentice quota. Learned Tribunal while accepting the original application directed the Chief Workshop Manager, North Western Railway, Carriage Workshop, Jodhpur and Senior Personnel Officer, North Western Railway, Carriage Workshop, Jodhpur to avail instructions from Railway Board with regard to the mode for assessment of service record and paper screening based on a fair criteria. To question correctness, validity and propriety of the judgment referred above these petitions for writ are preferred.
(2.) THE factual matrix necessary to be noticed for adjudication of these petitions for writ is that while making recruitment to the post of Junior Engineer (Mechanical) 25% of the total vacancies is required to be filled in from amongst the intermediate apprentices. The feeding channel for the post aforesaid is from several posts including the posts in Group 'D' cadre of railway servants. The process of selection for recruitment in question consists of two steps, those are written test and assessment of the Annual Confidential Reports (hereinafter referred to as 'the ACRs') or special work report, as the case may be. The ACRs or the special work reports of preceding three years from the date of selection are required to be taken into consideration for making their assessment. The assessment of the ACRs and special work reports pertain to 30 maximum marks and that is required to be made on basis of the remarks assigned to the railway servants by the reporting officer. The allocation of marks as per the remarks given is as under: - - "Below average : 2 marks Average : 4 marks Good : 6 marks Very Good : 8 marks Outstanding : 10 marks" According to the rules existing, a confidential report shall be written by reporting officer for every railway servant working under him but not for railway servants of Group 'D' service while making recruitment against the vacancies pertaining to the intermediate quota, the recruiting authority use to call upon special work report of every participating employee from the authority under whose supervision he is working. The assessment of work report is also required to be made on basis of the same marking criteria as applicable for assessment of the ACRs.
(3.) BY a notification dated 12.7.2011 the Senior Personal officer, North Western Railway, Carriage Workshop, Jodhpur initiated a process of selection for recruitment to the post of Junior Engineer (Mechanical) against ten vacancies pertaining to the intermediate apprentice quota. Several employees with regard to whom ACRs were maintained and with regard to whom special work reports were availed, faced process of selection and on qualifying written test their ACRs or special work reports, as the case may be, were assessed. A panel of selected incumbents was declared on 9.3.2012. The persons who qualified written test but not placed in the panel of selected incumbents questioned correctness of the process of selection by way of filing original applications before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Jodhpur. Suffice to mention that the original applicants are the persons whose ACRs were assessed and the applicant private respondents are the persons whose work reports were taken into consideration.;