Union of India & Anr. v. Deepak Kumar & Ors.

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AM UL YA

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Kumar and Anr. vs. UOI and Ors., O.A. No.2578/2014 entitled Deepak Kumar and Anr. vs. UOI and Ors. and O.A. No.2577/2014 entitled Ravi Ranian vs. UOI and Ors., the petitioners/Ministry of Railways, Union of India have filed the present petition. In all the three O.As., the petitioners therein (respondentsbefore us) had raised a grievanceagainstthe Ministry of Railwaysfor having cancelledtheir candidaturesto the post of Health& Malaria Inspector Grade III, on the ground that they did not possess the prescribed educational qualifications from the recognised University/Institution.

1. With the consent of the parties, all the three O.As. were disposed of by the common impugned order with directions issued to the petitioners herein to consider the case of the respondents in terms of the letter dated \ 28.08.2014, issued by the Railway Board and reproduced in the body of the order and if the said letter was found to be applicable, permit them to join duty by issuing appropriate appointment orders.

1. Learned counsel for the petitioners/UOI in W.P.(C) 3825/2017 and 3827/2017 submits that in compliance of the aforesaid order, the petitioners had passed an order dated 22.04.2016 in all the three cases informing the respondents that they were not found eligible for appointment in the Railways on the basis of their educational qualification, i.e., Diploma in Health and Sanitary Inspection from "Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamil Nadu", having undertaken the said course via distance education. Learned counsel submits that the aforesaid letters were filed by the petitioners before the Tribunal alongwith the reply affidavit in response to the contemptpetitionsfiledby the respondents and after taking the said W.P.(C) 2302/2017& connected matters Page 2 of 4

documentson record, the Tribunalhad disposed of the contemptpetitionsby discharging the contempt notice. '