Judgment:
By Hon'ble Mr. George Paracken, Judicial Member
The applicant is aggrieved by Annexure A-4 order which reads as under:
"No. V.IV/551/34/08 10th November, 2008
The Passport Officer
Kozhikode.
Subject: Conduct of Limited Departmental Examination for Selection of candidates for the posts of Assistant in the Central Passport Organization.
Dear Sir,
This is in continuation of Ministry's letter of even number dated 6th November, 2008 regarding Limited Departmental Examination for the posts of Assistant to be held on 23rd November, 2008 at Delhi. After careful scrutiny of the applications, the following officials from your office have not been found eligible for the Limited Departmental Examination as they do not meet the eligibility norms stipulated vide our circular of even number dated 17th September, 2008. Please inform the concerned officials suitably.
S. No. Name
1 Saly Joseph Mani
2 Santhosh Kumar K.V
3 K.K. Asokan
4 Sathish Kumar K.
5 Venugopalan. P.
6 Smitha. U.V.
7 Remadevi P.A.
8 Jijy. K
Yours faithfully,
(Prit Pal Singh)
Under Secretary (PV)
Ph. 23386936"
2. Except the applicant, all other 7 persons mentioned in the aforesaid letter approached this Tribunal earlier vide OA No. 658 of 2008 and the same was disposed of along with OA No. 651 of 2008 and other connected matters vide common order dated 1.4.2009. The operative part of the said judgment is as under:
"22. To sum up,
a) O.A. No. 737/08 is dismissed.
b) For Applicants in OA No. 739/08, 754/08 and 45/09, as they are holding the post of UDC and are having combined service of 16 years, respondents shall conduct the requisite examination within 3 months from the date of communication of this order and on the basis of performance in that examination, their promotion shall be worked out.
c) In respect of applicants in other O.As, who have given their examination on the strength of interim order and which has been made provisional, the same be treated as absolute and promotion be granted on the basis of the results in that examination.
23. Under the circumstances, there shall be no orders as to cost."
3. Some of the applicants in the aforesaid common order had already participated in the departmental examination on the basis of the interim order passed by this Tribunal in the respective OAs. In the case of other employees who could not participate in the examination based on the interim order, directions were given to the respondents to hold requisite examination within three months. Learned counsel for the parties have submitted that the said examination has not been held so far.
4. We, therefore, dispose of this OA holding that the aforesaid order of this Tribunal dated 1.4.2009 in OA No. 651 of 2008 and other connected matters is squarely applicable in the present case also. Accordingly, the applicant shall also be allowed to participate in the examination to be held by the respondents as in the case of other applicants of other OAs.
5. There shall be no order as to costs.