In this writ petition challenging the selection process for Assistant Accountant post, the High Court held that the prayer to participate in the computer test was infructuous as the selection process had already culminated. The petition was dismissed as rendered infructuous.
Petition dismissed as rendered infructuous.
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| Sl. No | Date | Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures |
COURT’S OR JUDGES’S ORDERS |
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| WPSS No.521 of 2016 With WPSS No.506 of 2016 Hon’ble Sh ar ad Ku m ar Sh ar m a, J. |
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| Mr. Anil Anthwal, Advocate, holding brief of Mr. C.S. Rawat, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. S.M.S. Mehta, Brief Holder, for the State of Uttarakhand. The petitioner in the present writ petition had prayed for a writ of mandamus to permit him to participate in the computer test, and to declare the marks of the written examination of the year 2015, which was resorted to in the process of recruitment on the post of Assistant Accountant, in the Treasuries, which was initiated by the respondents in pursuance to the advertisement of 29.10.2015. When the matter was taken up before the coordinate Bench of this Court, the interim relief application of the petitioner was rejected, as back as on 16.03.2016, and in the absence of there being any interim order, the selection process initiated, through the advertisement of 29.10.2015, it has been informed that it has already culminated and has attained finality. In that eventuality, with the efflux of time, the nature of the relief sought by the petitioner in the present writ petition for |
| permitting | him to | participate in | the | written |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| examination | and the | computer test, | has | become |
| infructuous. | ||||
| Accor | dingly, | the writ |
petit | ion is |
| dismissed as | having | rendered infruc | tuou | s. |
| ( Sh ar ad Ku m ar 02.08.2022 |
Sh a |
r m a, J.) | ||
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the writ petition to permit participation in computer test and declaration of marks in the 2015 recruitment process for Assistant Accountant post can be allowed.
The Petitioner
State of Uttarakhand
Sharad Kumar Sharma
As recorded by the court registry
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