- (1.) Heard Mr. Saurav Arun, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. D. K. Dubey, learned Sr. S.C. I, appearing for the respondents.
(2.) In this application, the petitioner has prayed for quashing the letter No. 2654 dated 31.12.2015 issued by the respondent No. 3, whereby the candidature of the petitioner for appointment on the post of Inter Trained Teacher in the District of Giridih has been cancelled on the ground of non-submission of residential certificate for employment purposes. A further prayer has been made for directing the respondents to consider the candidature of the petitioner for appointment on the said post.
(3.) The petitioner who is a Para Teacher working in the Upgraded Middle School, Madhopur, Itkhori, in the District of Chatra had applied pursuant to advertisement No. 05/2015 for the post of Inter Trained Teacher. The petitioner as it seems had applied under 50% of the posts reserved for Para Teacher. Having found the petitioner eligible, he was placed in the merit lit and thereafter petitioner had submitted all the documents which were required by the respondents. However, since the petitioner did not submit the residential certificate meant for employment purpose as demanded vide impugned letter dated 31.12.2015, the candidature of the petitioner for the post to be selected as Inter Trained Teacher in the District of Giridih was cancelled.;