1 S.B. CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 2462/2003 Ghanshyam Chouhan & Ors. Vs. Chairman & Managing Director, RRVUNJ & Ors. DATE OF ORDER :: 21.3.2007 HON'BLE MR. GOVIND MATHUR, J. Mr. Sanjeet Purohit, for the petitioners. Mr. Ravi Bhansali, for the respondents. *** By this petition for writ a direction is sought by the petitioners to declare the appointments made by the respondents under the advertisement Annexure-1 illegal, a direction is also sought to engage the petitioner as “Apprentice” at Ramgarh from the date appointment was given to the persons selected in pursuant to the advertisement Annexure-1. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that under the notification Annexure-1 Deputy Director (P&M), Rajasthan State Electricity Production Corporation Ltd. invited applications from eligible desirous candidates to be engaged as Apprentices. The petitioners applied in pursuant thereto, but their candidature was not considered due to short-listing made as a consequent to receipt of large number of applications. The respondents after holding selection proceedings in pursuant to the notification Ex.1 placed the selected incumbents as Apprentices at Ramgarh Gas Thermal Power Station. 2 The contention of counsel for the petitioner while substantiating the claim made in this petition for writ is that there was no reason for effecting the short-listing and also that in view of the stipulation made in the notification Annexure-1, that no person shall be transferred from one project or office to another, the persons selected under the advertisement Annexure-1, have wrongly been engaged as “Apprentice” at Ramgarh being selected for their engagement at Suratgarh Super Thermal Power Station, Suratgarh. I do not find any force in the contention so raised. The short-listing is a just and fair method that is required to be adopted by an employer where huge number of applications are received for consideration while making appointments/postings etc. The petitioners being not considered for their engagement under notification Annexure- 1 as Apprentices are also having no right to challenge the persons already selected and posted at Ramgarh. Beside that the petitioners are seeking a direction to quash the engagement of Apprentices without impleading them party- respondents. A valuable right has already been accrued in their favour, therefore, no order against them can be issued in their absence. In view of whatever discussed above, this petition for writ is having no merit and the same is therefore dismissed. 3 (GOVIND MATHUR),J. J.Goyal