1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD WRIT PETITION NO.3997 OF 2010 Kum. Kshitija Chandrakant Berad ... PETITIONER VERSUS The Union of India & anr. ... RESPONDENTS ..... Shri B.N. Palve, Advocate for the petitioner Shri Alok Sharma, Assistant Solicitor General for respondents ..... CORAM: P.V. HARDAS & N.D. DESHPANDE, JJ. DATED: 21st June, 2010 PER COURT : 1. This Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India impugns the order passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Bombay Bench, Mumbai, dated 6.10.2009 in Original Application No. 431/2009. 2. Pursuant to advertisement which had been issued for the recruitment of Stenographers, the petitioner herein had applied for the same. Total seven posts were advertised, out of which four posts were for General category, two for O.B.C. and one for ex-serviceman. The petitioner was a candidate belonging to the General category and accordingly, the petitioner had appeared for the examination. The result of the merit list showed that the petitioner was placed lower than the four selected candidates from the General category. Though in 2 the Original Application it was averred by the petitioner that the selected candidates did not possess the requisite qualifications, the said selected candidates were not joined as parties and no prayer was made to the effect for quashing and setting aside their appointment on the ground that they did not possess the requisite authorities and qualification. In the present petition, it is urged before us that the entire selection process is vitiated. This was not a ground which was urged before the Tribunal. 3. In any event, since the petitioner had participated in the selection process, the petitioner cannot turn round and question the selection process. A reference in this behalf may usefully be made to the judgment of the Supreme Court in G.N. Nayak Vs. Goa University and others (2002 (2) SCC 712 and State Bank of India and Subsidiary Banks Employees Union and another Vs. General Manager (Operations), State Bank of India and others (2003 (1) Mh.L.J. 28). 4. We have heard Shri B.N. Palve, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Alok Sharma, learned Assistant Solicitor General on behalf of the respondents. We do not see any merit in the petition and consequently, this petition, which is sans merits, is summarily dismissed with no order as to costs. (N.D. DESHPANDE, J.) (P.V. HARDAS, J.) fmp/wp3997.10