Serial No, 139

HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & Supnlementary-1 Lit

KASHMIR AND LADAKH
AT SRINAGAR

WP(C) No. 1611/2021

Prof. Abdul Wahid Khan& Anr.
Mr M. Y.
Mr
Union Territory of JK & Ors.
CM No. 5413/2021
. Petitioner(s)
Through:
Bhat, Senior Advocate with
Furqan Yaqoob, Advocate.
Vls
.. Respondent(s)

CORAM:
Hon'ble Mr Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey, Judge.
(ORDER)
17.08.2021

Petitioners, as stated, claim to have applied for the post of

Principal, SKIMS Medical College, Bemina, Srinagar, as put to advertisement

in terms of Advertisement Notice No. 01 of 2021 dated 7th of January, 2021.

The grievance projected by the Petitioners is that the selection process for the

aforesaid post is being carried on by the Respondents in violation of the

recruitment rules governing the subject as well as against the mandate of

Clauses (b) and (c) prescribed in the Advertisement Notice.

Mr M. Y. Bhat, the learned Senior Counsel, representing the

the Writ Petition, submitted

Petitioners, while elaborating the claim made in

that the selection Committee has not assessed the credentials of all the

competing candidates on the basis of criteria and that, without such

assessment, they have called all the nine (09) competing candidates for
Interview instead of restricting the number of candidates to the ratio of 1:5. It
1S further submitted that the selection Committee was supposed to prepare the
panel of three (03) candidates on the basis of merit to be assessed by it and,

thereafter, place the same before the Chairman, Governing Body, SKIMS, in
tne order of merit for making selection against the post of Principal, but

instead of doing so, they have prepared the panel, thereby resulting in

Violation of the mandate of recruitment rules government the subject as also

terms and conditions of the Advertisement Notice.

Although, the Court is conscious about the fact that it has limited

SCope in interfering with an ongoing selection process which has not yet

culminated, but, in view of the contentions raised by the Petitioners qua

violation of mandate of recruitment rules as well as terms and conditions of

the Advertisement Notice on part of the Respondents, it has become necessary

to call for the records of the selection for perusal and examination of the Court.

In the above background, let notice, in the main petition as well

as in the connected CM, be issued to the Respondents, returnable on or before

the next date of hearing.

List on
Monday, the 23 of August, 2021 in the 'Daily
Supplementary Cause List'.
 Meanwhile, Respondents 1 to 3 are
directed to submit the
relevant selection records before the Court on the next
date ofhearing so fixed.
It is further provided that the
selection process in question may go ahead, but
shall not be finalized until further orders
from the Court
In order to ensure
compliance, Registry shall convey the Order
to Respondents I to 3, today itself, copy whereof shall also be furnished to the
learned Senior Counsel
representing the Petitioners under the seal and

signatures of the Bench Secretary.

Cl alw dalel 17-09-20- guided

a n Camplhzree
d. Co-sel i n d o n a t a

2.08.o

Benen Secrètary
to Hón'able Judge
J&K High Court of
Jammu/Srinagar