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NAVEED NAZIR vs DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, IRRIGATION AND ESMA art — 2022 PLC(CS) 975 HIGH-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR

Case information

Citation
2022 PLC(CS) 975 HIGH-COURT-AZAD-KASHMIR
Year
2022
Reporter
PLC
Parties
NAVEED NAZIR vs DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, IRRIGATION AND ESMA art
Subject matter
Constitutional

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Judgment text as reported

NAVEED NAZIR VS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, LIVESTOCK, IRRIGATION AND ESMA art.44---Writ petition---Maintainability---appointment to advertised post---Estoppel and acquiescence---Conduct of petitioner---Scope---Petitioner assailed appointment of respondents and sought direction to the department for his appointment---Validity---Petitioner had applied against the posts in question and his name was included in the short listed candidates, thereafter he had participated in the selection process actively but had failed to secure appointment---Petitioner, as per department, had also tendered fake certificate of his experience---While exercising extra-ordinary jurisdiction, the conduct of the petitioner was also to be filtered through the lens of bona fide, which was to be judged by the court in the light of his conduct and overall circumstances of the case---Doctrine of acquiescence and estoppel were fully attracted in the matter---Court could not substitute the findings of the selection authority (based upon wisdom) without indication of any arbitrariness and illegality---Petitioner had failed to make out any point for interference by High Court in its extra-ordinary jurisdiction---Writ petition was dismissed, in circumstances.

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