Candidate cannot be permitted grievance redressal at any stage of recruitment process SC
New Delhi Feb 26 PTI A candidate cannot be permitted to approach for the redressal of his grievance at any stage of time during a recruitment process the Supreme Court has saidA bench of justices S K Kaul and M M Sundresh said there has to be a closure to the process of recruitment and that it cannot go on indefinitelyIn our view in a recruitment process a candidate cannot be permitted to approach for redressal howsoever may be the genuineness of the grievance at any stage of time as there has to be a closure to the process of recruitment the bench saidThe top courts observation came while hearing an appeal filed by a man who had applied for the post of sub-assistant engineer civil in 1999The appellant cleared the medical fitness test but his appointment could not take place as the police verification report was not receivedThe petitioner claimed that he waited for about seven years for getting the appointment letter and only thereafter approached the State Administrative Tribunal SATHis application was directed to be considered and in 2006 it is stated that the Public Works Department PWD put only one aspect against the appellant — non-receipt of the police verification reportIn the second application filed by the appellant he sought a direction for foregoing the police verification report as he had suffered for about eight years The tribunal however rejected the claim on the ground that the appellant had not made the representation to know the fate of the police verification reportThe appellant assailed the decision of the tribunal before the Calcutta High Court which dismissed the case on the ground that the appellant is a Bangladeshi citizenThe top court said the fact that the advertisement was of 1999 and it is 2022 now itself is an impediment to any relief to the appellantIn case of an advertisement dated 1999 the appellant cannot be permitted to plead that he was waiting for seven long years for getting an appointment letter and then woke up to file the OA before the State Administrative TribunalThis itself is a ground to non-suit the appellant In view of the aforesaid we are not commenting on the factual correctness of the police verification report which is sought to be disputed by the appellant The appeal is accordingly dismissed the bench said PTI PKS RC
New Delhi Feb 26 PTI A candidate cannot be permitted to approach for the redressal of his grievance at any stage of time during a recruitment process the Supreme Court has saidA bench of justices S K Kaul and M M Sundresh said there has to be a closure to the process of recruitment and that it cannot go on indefinitelyIn our view in a recruitment process a candidate cannot be permitted to approach for redressal howsoever may be the genuineness of the grievance at any stage of time as there has to be a closure to the process of recruitment the bench saidThe top courts observation came while hearing an appeal filed by a man who had applied for the post of sub-assistant engineer civil in 1999The appellant cleared the medical fitness test but his appointment could not take place as the police verification report was not receivedThe petitioner claimed that he waited for about seven years for getting the appointment letter and only thereafter approached the State Administrative Tribunal SATHis application was directed to be considered and in 2006 it is stated that the Public Works Department PWD put only one aspect against the appellant — non-receipt of the police verification reportIn the second application filed by the appellant he sought a direction for foregoing the police verification report as he had suffered for about eight years The tribunal however rejected the claim on the ground that the appellant had not made the representation to know the fate of the police verification reportThe appellant assailed the decision of the tribunal before the Calcutta High Court which dismissed the case on the ground that the appellant is a Bangladeshi citizenThe top court said the fact that the advertisement was of 1999 and it is 2022 now itself is an impediment to any relief to the appellantIn case of an advertisement dated 1999 the appellant cannot be permitted to plead that he was waiting for seven long years for getting an appointment letter and then woke up to file the OA before the State Administrative TribunalThis itself is a ground to non-suit the appellant In view of the aforesaid we are not commenting on the factual correctness of the police verification report which is sought to be disputed by the appellant The appeal is accordingly dismissed the bench said PTI PKS RC
