Avneesh Kumar v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

Court No. - 34 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 18968 of 2023 Petitioner :- Avneesh Kumar Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Anil Kumar Sharma,Kapil Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- CSC,M.N. Singh,Siddharth Singhal Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution, petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to direct respondent No.-3 to refer the name of petitioner to be placed in the select list of the candidates who participated in the selection held in the year 2013 pursuant to the advertisement issued on 13th October, 2023 by U.P. Public Service Commission. Sri Manoj Kumar Gupta, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri M.N. Singh, learned counsel for the Public Service Commission submits that Public Service Commission after the recent judgment of Supreme Court has proceeded to finalize the select list and it is at the stage of verification of documents of the candidates. He submits that all the candidates, who have participated in the examination, have been asked to submit their documents for verification and in the event petitioner also submits his document for verification, his claim will be considered. Sri Akhilesh Kumar Maurya, learned Advocate holding brief of Sri Siddharth Singhal, learned counsel for the U.P. Subordinate Service Commission submits that Commission is doing verification at the very fast pace on the basis of documents now being furnished by the Public Service Commission. In view of the above statement made by learned Advocate appearing for the U.P. Public Service Commission and U.P. Subordinate Service Commission, no specific direction is required to be issued. However, it is expected that since petitioner has also furnished his credentials before the Public Service Commission, the same shall also be considered and final select list shall be prepared in accordance with law. With the aforesaid observations and directions, this petition stands disposed of. Order Date :- 9.11.2023 Atmesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad