2017 INSC 0540
                                    SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

                                          Vinod Kumar Khajuria

                                                      Vs.

                                       State of Jammu and Kashmir

                                         C.A.No.2386-2388/2011

                                 (Kurian Joseph and R.F.Nariman,JJ.,)

                                                 13.07.2017

                                                JUDGMENT

Kurian Joseph, J.,

1. The issue raised in these appeals relates to the selection of Horticulture Development
Officers in Agricultural Production and Rural Development Department. The initial
notification for selection was issued in the year 1997. After the litigations, it appears, the
candidates have been appointed in the signatureN0tverifed year 2006, pursuant to the orders
passed by the Division Bench of the High Court.

2. Even otherwise, having gone through the order passed by the High Court we do not find it
difficult to take a different view. All the writ petitioners had participated in the screening
test. It is also a fact that all the affected parties were not before the learned Single Judge and
finally the High Court has noted that the Public Service Commission has not compromised
the merit while making the selection.

3. In that view of the matter, we do not find any merit in these appeals and the same are,
accordingly, dismissed.

4. Pending applications, if any, shall stand disposed of.

5. There shall be no orders as to costs.

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