FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s Orders. COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS WP/2437/2010 NILESH V/S STATE ... Shri M.B.Bharaswadkar, Advocate for petitioner Shri S.K.Tambe, AGP for respondents 1 and 2. ... 1. Heard learned counsel for respective parties. 2. The basic grievance raised by the petitioner in the present Writ Petition is that though the candidates from the general category were required to undergo a written test, in so far as candidates belonging to Project Affected Persons category were not required to undergo such a test and that they are appointed only on the basis of the marks obtained by them in the trade test. 3. In the reply filed on behalf of respondents, it is categorically stated that since the number of candidates applied from the other categories than the category of Project Affected Persons was 36,000, written test was required to be held only for the purpose of short listing. It is further categorically stated that the marks obtained in the written test were not taken into consideration for selection and that the only the marks obtained in trade test were taken into consideration for selection. 4. The candidates belonging to Project Affected Persons category forms a distinct class than the candidates belonging to categories other than the Project Affected Persons category. A differential treatment for different classes is always permissible under Article 14 of the Constitution of India. It is not the case of the petitioner that differential treatment has been given to the candidates in the category to which the petitioner belongs. FARAD CONTINUATION SHEET IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE, BENCH AT AURANGABAD Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court’s orders or directions and Registrar’s Orders. COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS (2) WP/2437/2010 5. In this view of the matter, we found no merit in the petition. Writ Petition stands dismissed. No order as to costs. (R.M.BORDE, J.) (B.R.GAVAI, J.) Dt.10.12.2010 akl