S.K.MAL LODHA,J. - (1.) PETITIONER Dr. V.S. Choudhary has filed this writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution on February 25, 1983 praying that State of Rajasthan (non -petitioner No. 1) may be restrained from giving appointment to Amar Singh, Senior Demonstrator in Bio -Chemistry, R.N.T. Medical College Udaipur (non -petitioner No. 3) to the post of Lecturer in Bio -Chemistry for accommodating him (non -petitioner No. 3). Certain other reliefs were also sought by the petitioner.
(2.) THE Rajasthan Public Service Commission (for short 'the Commission'), Ajmer has been impleaded as non -petitioner No. 2. The petitioner passed his Post -graduate degree of M.D. in Bio -Chemistry which he obtained from the Faculty of Medicine University of Rajasthan. He entered his services in the Government of Rajasthan as Senior Demonstrator of Physiology on 17 -1 -1974. That appointment was temporary and was given to him on being selected by the Central Selection Committee, At the time of his appointment, he had passed the M.B.B.S. Degree examination. The Postgraduate degree in M.D. for Bio -Chemistry was obtained by him in 1975. The post of Senior Demonstrator was advertised by the Commission and the petitioner applied therefore Vide order (Anx.) dated May 19, 1976, he was given regular appointment thereto. Subsequently, he was promoted on urgent temporary basis to the post of Lecturer in Bio Chemistry. At the time of filing of the writ petition, the petitioner was holding this post. Two posts of Lecturer in Bio -Chemistry were advertised by the Commission vide advertisement No. 3/82/83 dated July 14, 1982. The qualifications mentioned in the advertisement were as follows: Post -Graduate Degree in Biochemistry, M,D. Ph.D., BSc. M.Sc. or M.R. C.P. (with Bio -Chemistry as a Special subject) or equivalent qualification Preference will be given to M.D. in Bio Chemistry (non -medical teachers in Bio -Chemistry should preferably have a Doctorate in the subject): Two years experience as Demonstrator/Tutor in Bio -Chemistry in a Medical College. 'Post -Graduate' qualification other than those awarded by the University of Rajasthan should be recognised by the Medical Council of India. These qualifications are contained in Bulletin (Anx. 3) issued by the Commission. The petitioner applied for the post. Before the petitioner could be selected by the Commission, Dr. R.C. Gupta and Amar Singh (non -petitioner No. 3) were selected for the post. The list of selected candidates was placed on the notice Board by the Commission on February 16, 1983. The petitioner has stated that soon after the same is received by non -petitioner No. 1, it is likely to issue appointment order of non -petitioner No. 3 as Lecturer in Bio -Chemistry.. The appointment of non -petitioner No. 3 is likely to result in the reversion, he being the junior most. The petitioner has further stated that for the reasons mentioned in paras 7, 8, 9 and 10 of the writ petition, he (non -petitioner No. 3) should not have been selected by the Commission for being posted as Lecturer in Bio -Chemistry. That led to the filing of the writ petition for the principal relief mentioned here in above.
(3.) A show cause notice as to why the writ petition be not admitted, was issued on February 25,1983. On February 28, 1983, learned counsel appearing for the parties submitted that the writ petition may be disposed of at the admission stage.;