HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD WRIT - A No. - 4027 of 2015 Court No. - 5 HON'BLE SAURABH SHYAM SHAMSHERY, J. 1. Heard Sri N.K. Dwivedi, learned counsel for petitioner and Sri Ashok Trivedi, learned counsel for respondents. 2. Petitioner is admittedly a candidate belonging to SC category. It appears that petitioner had wrongly appeared in a recruitment process commenced by Bank of Baroda for the purpose of recruiting Sweeper-cum-Peon in District Bareilly. 3. The recruitment was initiated for 7 posts out of which 3 were reserved for General category, 3 were reserved for OBC and 1 was reserved for visual handicapped and no seat was reserved for Scheduled Caste category. 4. In view of above, only on a ground that petitioner appeared and called for an interview, it cannot make him eligible for said post. 5. The petitioner has challenged the recruitment process, however, it does not have any basis as the petitioner has already participated in the recruitment process, therefore, prayer for quashing recruitment process cannot be allowed. Versus Counsel for Petitioner(s) : Niraj Kumar Dwivedi, S.P. Verma Counsel for Respondent(s) : A.S.G.I., Anadi Krishna Narayana, Arvind Kumar Goswami, Ashok Trivedi, S.C. Manoj Kumar .....Petitioner(s) Union Of India And 3 Ors. .....Respondent(s) 7. Otherwise also, this writ petition was pending for last 10 years and candidates who were selected in said selection process have accrued right and none of them was impleaded as party-respondents, therefore, prayer made in this writ petition has no legal basis. 8. Accordingly, writ petition lacks merit, hence, dismissed. September 8, 2025 N. Sinha WRIA No. 4027 of 2015 2 (Saurabh Shyam Shamshery,J.) Digitally signed by :- NIRMAL SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad