(Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta, JJ.)
State of Bihar and Others __________________________ Petitioner(s);
v.
Devendra Sharma __________________________________ Respondent.
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s). 11885/2012, decided on April 3, 2018
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The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. We have gone through the supplementary affidavit filed on behalf of the State of Bihar. Broadly there are four categories of cases:
(i) Appointments made on the basis of forged appointment letter. They are at S. Nos. 2 to 48.
(ii) Appointments made on the basis of forged nursing registration certificate. They are at S. Nos. 49-50-51.
(iii) Appointments made by a person who was not competent to make the appointment. They are at S. Nos. 52 to 92.
(iv) There is a residual category at S. NO. 1 i.e. appointment made by Dr. A.A. Mallick, Dy. Director, T.B. and S. Nos. 93 & 94 who are now claiming appointment. Their cases will be dealt with separately.
2. The first batch of cases i.e. S. Nos. 2 to 48 will be taken up for hearing on 12th July, 2018.
3. Learned counsel for the persons appearing at S. Nos. 2 to 48 may file their reply to the affidavit filed by the State of Bihar.
4. In the meanwhile, the others may also file their reply even though their cases will be taken up separately. It is submitted by some of learned counsel that their names are not included in the supplementary affidavit. They may give a list of such cases to Mr. Gopal Singh, learned AOR for the State of Bihar who will look into the matter and file an affidavit, if necessary.
5. Convenience volume may be filed by Mr. Gopal Singh, learned AOR for the State of Bihar.
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