HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No: 1009 of 2007 Dated 8-11-2010 Between: Sonba Salve @ Sonba Maroti Salve. ..... PETITIONER. And: Government of India represented by its Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Human Resources Development, “C” Wing, Shastry Bhavan, New Delhi-110001 and another. ....RESPONDENTS. HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No: 1009 of 2007 ORDER: The petitioner, having been selected and appointed as a Lecturer in the Centre for Evaluation under the control of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad (CIEFL) under appointment order dated 5-7-2006, was denied the benefit of such appointment by the CIEFL under proceedings dated 13-7-2006, whereby she was informed that the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi, had advised it not to permit any of the selected candidates to join duty. Aggrieved thereby, she filed the present writ petition. By order dated 19-1-2007 this Court, taking note of the similar direction granted to another identically situated appointee, directed the respondents to permit the petitioner to work as a Lecturer as per her appointment order. Though no counter has been filed by the Government of India, the 1st respondent, Sri Ponnam Ashok Goud, learned Assistant Solicitor General for India, stated on the basis of written instruments that owing to the alleged irregularities in the selection process, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, had requested the University Grants Commission to hold an enquiry into the same and that the report in this regard had been submitted by the Enquiry Committee to the UGC. The instructions go on to state that the Government of India does not however intend to oppose the present case as the petitioner has already been permitted to join duty by the CIEFL. It is pertinent to note that though the subject selection dates back to the year 2006, no action has been initiated till now based on the enquiry instituted to look into the matter. The issue of the petitioner’s appointment cannot be kept hanging indefinitely. As the matter stands, the instructions placed before this Court do not allege any specific irregularities in so far as the petitioner’s appointment is concerned. That being so, this Court is of the considered view that the issue cannot be kept pending and at that, for no fault of the petitioner. The writ petition is accordingly allowed declaring that the petitioner is entitled to be appointed as a Lecturer in the Centre for Evaluation in the post earmarked for SC under the control of the Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad, as per her appointment order dated 5-7-2006 with all consequential benefits and without reference to the communication from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, New Delhi, interdicting the said appointment. In the circumstances of the case, there shall be no order as to costs. ________________________ JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR Dated 8-11-2010. Dvs HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR WRIT PETITION No: 1009 of 2007 Dated 8-11-2010