HC uphold 2008 appointment of 4 district information officers

The MAT had struck down the appointment of MeenalJoglekar, KirtiMoharil, VarshaAndhale and Kiran Moghe, after observing that the three posts from open category were wrongly reserved for women and only one of the posts should have been reserved. MAT had passed the order on a plea filed by Sanjay Bhokardole, a candidate for the same post...The MAT observed that Bhokardole’s had supervisory experience which the selected candidates lacked and held that candidature for the post ought to be reconsidered.

However, the high court while hearing the plea, observed that Bhokardole had failed to raise any grounds to prove that his application for age relaxation was considered by a committee that was not empowered to do so. The court further recorded that the MAT, too, had failed to record anything to infer that the selection committee’s findings were arbitrary.