In the meantime, the judgment of the learned single Judge of Allahabad High Court which was followed by the Calcutta High Court was challenged by way of an appeal to the Division Bench of Allahabad High Court and the Division Bench of Allahabad High Court set aside the judgment of the learned single Judge and dismissed the writ petition against which the other SLPs have been filed by the individual applicants.
The Director General of Railway Protection Force by order dated 27 5 1996 cancelled the entire selection process and ordered for a fresh selection.
Learned single Judge of Allahabad High Court, however, by order dated 8 4 1997 allowed six Writ Petitions filed before it and came to the companyclusion that there is numbermaterial before the appropriate authority directing cancellation of the process of selection and accordingly the learned single Judge directed the appropriate authority to publish the result and companyplete the process of selection.
Advertisement had been issued and on receipt of the applications for a large number of people, call letters were issued to suitable candidates, and thereafter candidates were selected but that selection list had number obtained approval of the Railway Board.
These matters relate to the cancellation of the entire selection process by an order of the Director General of RPF dated 27 5 1996 for the post of Constable in Railway Protection Force.
The Calcutta High Court initially dismissed a batch of Writ Petitions and upheld the order of issuance of fresh advertisement essentially on the ground that there has been alleged companyruption involved in the process of selection.
Large number of Writ Petitions then were filed both in the High Court at Calcutta and Allahabad challenging the order of cancellation of recruitment to the post of Constable and issuance of fresh advertisement.
Pursuance to the aforesaid order a fresh advertisement was published in newspaper in October, 1996.
Delay companydoned.
Leave granted.
