The writ petition challenging recruitment notifications for Animal Husbandry Assistants for having different dates and short deadlines across districts was dismissed. The Court held that vacancies are at the district level and the petitioner failed to demonstrate any prejudice or loss caused by the varying schedules.
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W.P.No.13700 of 2018
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Dated: 21.02.2024
Coram:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND
Writ Petition No.13700 of 2018 and W.M.P.No.16216 of 2018
1.R.Vignesh
2.M.Babuji
3.M.Prasanth
4.C.Karthikeyan .. Petitioners
/versus/
1.The Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu,
Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.
2.The Director, Directorate of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Department, DMS Complex, Chennai 600 006.
3.The District Collector,District Collectorate, State Bank Road, Gopalapuram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 018.
4.The District Collector, District Collectorate, Thiruppuvanam Pudur, Sivagangai, NH-49, Kochi Dhanushkodi Road, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu 630 611.
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5.The District Collector, District Collectorate, Karuppa Gaundanpalayam, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu 641 604. .. Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for records and to quash the impugned online Notification no number dated 07.02.2018 TNAHD Recruitment 2018, which is the basis of Notifications issued by the 1st respondent and direct the 1st respondent to adopt uniformity in inviting applications for the post of Animal Husbandry Assistants.
For Petitioners :Mr.R.Babu
For Respondents :Mr.Alagu Goutham, Government Advocate
O R D E R
Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the
learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondents and also perused the records.
Notification issued on different dates granting different period to make
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an application for the post of Animal Husbandry Assistant and consequently, to direct the 1st respondent to adopt uniformity in inviting the application for the post of Animal Husbandry Assistant.
prescribing different period of time as last date for submitting the
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applications is discriminatory, arbitrary, unjust and against law, which deprive the prospective applications from submitting their applications due to short period of interval between the date of Notification and the last date of submission of application and sought to quash the on-line Notification issued on 07.02.2018 for the Recruitment for the post of Animal Husbandry Assistants in Tamil Nadu Animal Husbandry Department in the year 2018 and sought to allow the Writ petition.
permission was granted by the first respondent to issue Notifications to
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fill up the vacancies of Animal Husbandry Assistants and to receive the applications from the qualified candidates in all Districts in TamilNadu vide, letter in Lr.Na.Ka.No.16394/Ka.PA.6/2017, dated 03.11.2017 and letter in Lr.No.Na.Ka.53288/N-1/2017, dated 17.01.2018 issued by the second respondent. In the said letters, it was directed to conduct a personal interview with the candidates, who had applied for the said post and to finalise the selected candidates and to issue appointment orders with the consent of the concerned District Collector. Insofar as Tiruppur District is concerned, 5379 applications were received for 73 vacancies. The learned Government Advocate also submits that there is no irregularities in issuing the Notifications for each District by the concerned District Collector on different dates fixing the time to submit the applications and sought to dismiss the Writ Petition.
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Notification. But, in the affidavit filed by the petitioner, it is not stated, what is the loss caused to him as the Notifications issued by the District Collectors on different dates and fixing different time schedule. It is also not stated anywhere in the affidavit of the petitioner, whether he has submitted the application or not in any District and if he submitted the application, whether it was considered by the respondents or not?.
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the petitioner failed to make out any case warranting interference of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is liable to be dismissed .
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Index:yes/no Speaking order/non speaking order Neutral citation:yes/no ari To:
1.The Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.
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2.The Director, Directorate of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Department, DMS Complex, Chennai 600 006.
3.The District Collector, District Collectorate, State Bank Road, Gopalapuram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu 641 018.
4.The District Collector, District Collectorate, Thiruppuvanam Pudur, Sivagangai, NH-49, Kochi Dhanushkodi Road, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu 630 611.
5.The District Collector, District Collectorate, Karuppa Gaundanpalayam, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu 641 604.
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BATTU DEVANAND, J.
ari
Writ Petition No.13700 of 2018
and
W.M.P.No.16216 of 2018
21.02.2024
1 issue framed by the court
Whether shortlisting candidates for Animal Husbandry Assistants with varying notification dates and submission deadlines across districts was discriminatory or arbitrary?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
R.Vignesh
M.Babuji
M.Prasanth
C.Karthikeyan
The Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries Department
The Director, Directorate of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services Department
BATTU DEVANAND
As recorded by the court registry
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