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2025 DAILYLAW 41206 (RAJ)

BHARAT SINGH S/O NAGAR MAL v. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

CW/15461/2025 · 2025-10-09

Ashok Kumar Jain

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[2025:RJ-JP:41500] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 15461/2025 Bharat Singh S/o Nagar Mal, Aged About 26 Years, R/o Dhani Balasagar, Village And Post Govindpura, Tehsil Neem Ka Thana, District Neem Ka Thana, Rajasthan-332714. ----Petitioner Versus 1. State Of Rajasthan, Through The Principal Secretary, Government Secretariat, Government Of Rajasthan, Jaipur, Rajasthan. 2. State Of Rajasthan, Through The Principal Secretary, Department Of Administrative Reforms, Government Of Rajasthan Secretariatjaipur Rajasthan. 3. Secretary, Rajasthan Public Service Commission, District Ajmer, Rajasthan. 4. Secretary, Rajasthan Staff Selection Board, Rajasthan Agriculture Management Institute Premises, Durgapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan-302018. 5. Mahendra Pal Singh S/o Narpat Singh, Through Commissioner, Food And Civil Supplies Department, District Jaipur, Rajasthan. ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Harendra Neel through VC. For Respondent(s) : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN Order 09/10/2025 1. This writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with the following prayer:- “i) impugned department allotment list dated 19.09.2025 wherein less meritorious candidate has been allotted higher preferred Department while ignoring merit cum preference of higher [2025:RJ-JP:41500] (2 of 3) [CW-15461/2025] meritorious humble petitioner in pursuance to advertisement dated 13.02.2024, may kindly be declared illegal and arbitrary and therefore, may kindly be quashed and set aside; ii) by appropriate order or direction in the nature thereof respondents may kindly be directed to consider the candidature of humble petitioner in OBC category for appointment on the post of Clerk Grade-Il/ Junior Assistant in pursuance to advertisement dated 13.02.2024; iii) by appropriate order or direction in the nature thereof respondents may kindly be directed to follow the mandate of Rule 28(iv) of Rajasthan Subordinate and Ministerial Service Rules 1999 while allotting departments to the selected candidates on the post of Clerk Grade-lI/ Junior Assistant in pursuance to advertisement dated 13.02.2024; iv) by appropriate order or direction in the nature thereof respondents may kindly be directed to allot Commissioner, Food and Civil Supplies Department to humble petitioner as per his merit cum preference with all consequential benefits on the post of Clerk Grade-ll/ Junior Assistant in pursuance to advertisement dated13.02.2024; and v) any other appropriate order or direction which this Hon'ble Court deems just and proper in the facts and circumstances of this case may kindly also be passed in favour of the Petitioner.” [2025:RJ-JP:41500] (3 of 3) [CW-15461/2025] 2. During course of arguments, learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner may be granted permission to file an appropriate representation before the respondents- Authority to consider and resolve his grievances. He submits that a Co-ordinate Bench of this Hon’ble Court has already permitted reshuffling of highly meritorious candidates in case of Puja Pareek Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. S.B. CWP No. 7707/2018 (order dated 10.08.2021). 3. Considered the grievance raised herein, the petitioner is given a liberty to submit a representation to the respondents-Authority within a period of 15 days raising all grounds and the respondents-Authority are directed to consider and decide the representation after enquiry about grievances, raised by the petitioner but with a reasoned and speaking order within a period of 30 days from date of receipt of representation. After passing the order, the respondents are under an obligation to communicate the order to the petitioner either by way of speed post or through E-mail, if petitioner has provided E-mail in his representation. If the petitioner is still aggrieved, he is at liberty to approach this Court with fresh petition. 4. With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition with pending application, if any, stands disposed of. (ASHOK KUMAR JAIN),J CHETNA BEHRANI /33