1. The petitioner is aggrieved by an order of the Superintendent of Police, Hathras dated 19.03.2023, cancelling his candidature for appointment as a Police Constable, a post for which he was selected after a recruitment held in accordance with rules, pursuant to an advertisement issued by the Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow. The petitioner has also sought consequential reliefs.
2. The Chairman, Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board, Lucknow, published an advertisement for recruitment of Police and PAC Constables on their website, called PRPB-1 (82)/15. The petitioner applied for the post of Police and PAC Constable (Male) in the direct recruitment of the year 2015, for which, he says, he was eligible. It would be utterly unnecessary to mention details of the petitioner’s candidature for those are not in dispute or issue. The petitioner was selected and his name appeared in the merit list. He was issued a provisional admit card to appear in the physical efficiency test, scheduled to be held on 05.05.2016. He appeared in the physical efficiency test and declared successful. The petitioner was then called for character verification, medical examination and the verification of his Classes X and XII mark-sheets. He was directed to appear for the purpose on 14.06.2018 at the Police Lines, Etawah in the morning hours at 8 O’ clock. The petitioner’s candidature was accepted during the said verification and medical test. The selection being complete, the petitioner, along with other selected candidates, was allotted his district of posting. The petitioner was allotted District Hathras for his posting. Despite being allotted a district, the petitioner was not issued with an appointment letter. When the petitioner approached the Senior Superintendent of Police, Etawah, he was informed that his appointment had been withheld due to a criminal case pending against him, to wit, Case Crime No.564 of 2015, under Sections 147, 452, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3(1)(x) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (for short, ‘the SC/ST Act’), Police Station Jaswant Nagar, District Etawah.
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