1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Writ Petition No. 4979 of 2003 (Mohan Shamraoji Kharbade .vs. Anil Gajanan Awatade & 2 Ors.) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Office Notes, Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders or directions : Court's or Judge's orders and Registrar's orders. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- CORAM : D.D.Sinha and Mrs.Vasanti A. Naik, JJ. DATE : February 15, 2008. Heard Mr. Thombre, Adv. for the Petitioner. The grievance of the petitioner in the present Writ Petition is in respect of selection of respondent no.1 on the post of Steno-Typist. It is contended that the appointment of the respondent no.1 is bad in law since the respondent no.1 does not possess the requisite qualification mentioned in the advertisement i.e. he does not have shorthand speed of 80 w.p.m. in Marathi and English. Similarly, he cannot type 40 w.p.m in English and 30 w.p.m. in Marathi. It is, therefore, contended that though the petitioner was having all the requisite qualification, however, candidature of the petitioner was not considered and the respondent no.1, who was not eligible, was considered and given appointment. We have considered the contentions canvassed by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as counsel for the 2 respondents. Mr.Jichkar, Assistant Government Pleader has submitted that the respondent no.1 in fact is eligible as per the eligibility criteria mentioned in the advertisement itself such as : 1) he has submitted SSC certificate; 2) he has shorthand speed of 80 w.p.m both in Marathi and English Stenography. 3) he has typing speed of 40 w.p.m. in English and 30 w.p.m. in Marathi. There is no reason for us to disbelieve the statement made by the learned Assistant Government Pleader, particularly because there are no mala-fides alleged against the Authorities and in absence thereof, the action of the competent Authority in disallowing the claim of the petitioner and in selecting the respondent no.1 for the said post cannot be said to be bad. In the circumstances, the Writ Petition is dismissed. JUDGE JUDGE ssj