28/1997 before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai Bench.
14656 of 2000 is filed by the applicants in O.A. No.
The Tribunal by its order dated 17.9.1997 struck down the Railway Boards instructions on the basis of which companymittees were companystituted for interview.
Out of 32,563 candidates, only 25,271 candidates appeared for the interview.
Thereafter the Railway board issued fresh instructions on 29.4.1998 for companystituting companymittees as per para 179 of the Indian Railway Establishment Manual I.R.E.M. The second round of interviews were companyducted afresh from 26.06.1998 to 28.09.1998 for 75 days by different companymittees.
In short, the facts and events leading to filing of these Special Leave Petitions are The Railway Board issued Employment Notification No.
2377 of 2001 is filed by the petitioners in P. No.
The companyposition of the companymittees was challenged in O.A. No.
The Railway Board by its letter dated 17.5.1996 companymunicated its decision to prepare a panel for 917 vacancies on the ground of increase of vacancies from 330 to 917.
The candidates were interviewed from July 1996 to February 1997 by different companymittees.
Another O.A. No.
The candidates selected were informed about their selection.
2377 OF 2001 J U D G M E N T Shivaraj V. Patil, J. LITTTTTTTJ In these Special Leave Petitions, the judgment and order dated 10.4.2000 passed by the Division Bench of Madras High Court in Writ Petition Nos.16766 16772 of 1999, 17167, 17878, 18834 20598 of 1999 and 4064 of 2000 are under challenge.
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In response to the Notification, 58,675 applications were received, out of them 32,563 candidates were found eligible and called for interview.
93/99 before the Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai Bench who were the respondents in the writ petition before the High Court.
1 of 1995 dated 7.9.1995 inviting applications for 330 posts of Khalasis Group D reserving 19 of posts for Scheduled Castes, 1 for Scheduled Tribes and 27 for OBCs besides 3 for Physically Handicapped and 20 for Ex Servicemen.
16766 of 2000 in the writ petition before the High Court.
The selection of candidates was to be made on viva voce test only.
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