Vinit Kumar & Ors. Vs State of U.P. Through Secretary & Ors. (Supreme Court of India)
Unsuccessful Candidates Cannot Reopen A 15-Year-Old Selection By Raising New Grounds—Supreme Court Refuses CBI Probe
Summary: The Supreme Court has dismissed a writ petition challenging the selection of Technician Grade-2 employees in the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited. The Court held that the petitioners could not enlarge the scope of proceedings by raising fresh allegations after having earlier confined their case to the contention that candidates lower in merit had been selected.
The Court also declined to unsettle appointments made more than a decade ago, particularly when the selected candidates were not parties to the proceedings. The request for a CBI investigation was rejected because no specific pleadings or supporting material establishing manipulation or wrongdoing had been placed on record.
Facts of the case
On 4 March 2011, UPPCL issued an advertisement for filling 2,974 posts of Technician Grade-2 (Trainee) Electrical. The eligibility conditions included a two-year trade certificate in the electrician trade, the prescribed school qualification and a Course on Computer Concepts certificate issued by DOEACC.
A written examination was conducted on 7 August 2011, in which 13,576 candidates participated. Of these, 6,288 candidates qualified for interviews conducted between November and December 2011. The results were declared on 21 May 2012.
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