Dismissed

Narottam Khuntia v. State of Odisha

Orissa HC18 Aug 2015WP(C)/14439/2015

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Writ petition concerning rejection of petitioner's candidature for Sikshya Sahayak due to age. Court disposed of petition without adjudicating merits, granting liberty to file fresh representation to the State Project Director, Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA).

What did the court decide?

Liberty granted to petitioner to approach the State Project Director, Odisha Primary Education Programme Authority (OPEPA) by filing a fresh representation within a week.

It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that similar i ssue for consideration of Sikshya Sahayak has been decided by this Court in W.P.(C) No. 18542 of 2014 and other analogous cases which was disposed of on the basis of decision taken by the high power committee of the Department who has expressed his no objection if there would be re laxation in age and on the basis of such decision taken by the high power committee the writ p etition being W.P.(C) No. 18542 of 2014 was disposed of by this Court directing the authority to grant relaxation in age.

He further submits that the petitioner being W.P.(C) Nos. 14426, 14429, 14473 and 14645 of 2015 and other cases, those writ petitions have been disposed of directing the wr it petitioners to approach before the authority and if their online applications having been submitted prior to 30.09.2014, their cases would be considered.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has also submitted online application prior to 30.09.2014 and as such he has prayed for issuance of direction upon the opposite parties to consider his candidature for engagement of Si kshya Sahayak.

In view of such submission the writ petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioner to approach before the State Project Director, Odisha Primary Education Program me Authority (OPEPA), Bhubaneswar by filing a fresh representation giving therein all details including the submission of application form within a week from the date of receipt of certifi ed copy of this order.

The concerned opposite party if finds that the online application form has bee n submitted by the petitioner within that last date prescribed and if the selection process re garding the candidature who have been deprived from consideration of their candidature on the ground of having over age is still going on then the case of the petitioner shall be considere d if he is found to be otherwise eligible. With such observation and direction, the writ petition is disposed of accordingly. It is made clear that this Court has not exercised its mind on the claim of the petition er on its merit.

Narottam Khuntia v. State of Odisha

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