STATE OF MANIPUR AND ANR v. RK KOKNGANGSANA SINGH AND 27 ORS
Court: High Court of Manipur
Bench: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE,HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE GOLMEI GAIPHULSHILLU KABUI
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Case summary
High Court of Manipur judgment dated 2024-02-12. STATE OF MANIPUR AND ANR v. RK KOKNGANGSANA SINGH AND 27 ORS. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
LAIREN Digitally signed by MAYUM LAIRENMAYUM INDRAJEET Item Nos. 52 & 53 INDRAJE SINGH Date: IN THE HIGH COURT OF MANIPUR ET 2024. 02. 14 AT IMPHAL 11:51:27 +05'30' SINGH WA No. 58 of 2019 State of Manipur & anr. Appellants Vs. R. K. Kokngangsana Singh & 27 ors. Respondents With WA No. 59 of 2019 State of Manipur & anr. Appellants Vs. Konjengbam Bankim Singh & 2 ors. Respondents BEFORE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. SIDDHARTH MRIDUL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE GOLMEI GAIPHULSHILLU KABUI 12. 02. 2024 Siddharth Mridul, C. J. : Mr. M. Devananda, learned Addl. A. G. , appears on behalf of the State of Manipur; and Mr. Kh. Tarunkumar, learned senior counsel, appears on behalf of the respondents. The short legal question that remains for determination in the present writ appeal is whether the learned Single Judge was justified in law in directing the State of Manipur to supply vacancies for posts for which vacancies had not arisen and beyond the number of posts advertised by them.
Learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the parties, state that in view of the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Anurag Kumar Singh & ors. Vrs. State of Uttarakhand & ors. , reported as (2016) 9 SCC 426, the above issue of law is no longer res-integra. The Hon’ble Supreme Court in this decision and in particular, paragraph 17 thereof; [it is urged by learned counsel] clearly held that selection pursuant to an advertisement should be confined only to the posts advertised. In view of the foregoing, the directions issued by the learned Single Judge in the impugned judgment are modified to the extent that the Government is directed to declare the result of 12(twelve) posts that were advertised; with the further liberty to supply the vacancies that have arisen subsequent to the issuance of the subject advertisement for the 12(twelve) posts. The above directions have been issued with the consent of the learned senior counsel appearing on behalf of the parties.
No further relief is prayed for. With the above directions, these writ appeals are allowed in part and disposed of. JUDGE CHIEF JUSTICE Indrajeet
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