RAKHI RAY & ORS.
v.
THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI & ORS.
(Civil Appeal Nos. 1133-1135 of 2010)
FEBRUARY 01, 2010
[K.G. Balakrishnan CJI., Deepak Verma and Dr. B.S. Chauhan, JJ.]
2010 (2) SCR 239
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by
DR. B.S. CHAUHAN, J. 1. Applications for permission to file Special
Leave Petitions are granted.
2. Leave granted.
3. These appeals have been filed for seeking directions to the
respondents i.e. the High Court of Delhi and the Lt. Governor of Delhi to offer
the appointment to the appellants on the posts in the cadre of District Judges
in Delhi Judicial Service.
4. Facts and circumstances giving rise to these appeals are that in order
to fill up 20 vacancies in the cadre of District Judge in Delhi, the respondent
No.1, the High Court of Delhi, issued an advertisement dated 19.5.2007. Out
of these 20 vacancies, 13 were to be filled up from the General Category
candidates; 3 from Scheduled Castes; and 4 from Scheduled Tribes.
Appellants who belong to General Category, faced the selection process. The
result was declared on 3.1.2008. Appellants found place in the merit list but
SLP (C) NO. 28488 and 29248 of 2008.
Navin Kumar Jha
v.
Lt. Governor & Ors.
DR. B.S. CHAUHAN, J. In view of our judgment pronounced today in CA Nos.
1133-1135 of 2010 @ SLP(C) Nos. 3662-3664/2010@ CC Nos. 14852-14854 of
2008 (Rakhi Ray & Ors. vs. High Court of Delhi & Ors.) these Special Leave
Petitions are dismissed.