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Petitioners in WP.Nos.442-443/2012 seek quashing of Clause 15.1 of the Government Order bearing No.RD.116.REH.2011, dated 2.12.2011 vide Annexure-A and for declaration that the said clause is ultra vires of the policy framed by the State

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Government for rehabilitation of the displaced persons.

2. WP.Nos.432-436 & 437-441/2012 are filed praying for quashing Clause 4.1 of the Government Order dated 2.12.2011 (vide Annexure-A) to the extent it gives priority for KPT trained candidates in each category of Project Displaced Family nominees in jobs provided by MRPL, OMPL, ISPRL.

Committee is formed under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Commissioner, having representatives of KIADB, Land Requiring Authority, MRPL, concerned District Officers and the representatives of the Project Displaced Families. According to the petitioners, they are also the members of the Rehabilitation Committee. When the work of rehabilitation is going on, the impugned order dated 2.12.2011 vide Annexure-A is issued by the State Government making certain amendments to the policy/Rehabilitation Scheme. The said amendment was to Clause 15 of the original Scheme. The relevant portion of the amendment is found in Clause 15.1 and the same reads thus:-

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have been retained with the Rehabilitation Committee framed under Clause 20 of the Scheme.

4. Before passing the impugned order at Annexure-A, a meeting was conducted on 13.6.2011 (as is clear from Annexure-A itself) under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Minister for Ports, Inland Water Transport, Fisheries, Ecology and Environment and District In-charge Minister with the representatives of the Project Displaced Families and the representatives from MRPL, OMPL, ISPRI, MSEZI, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada District and other State Government Officers. In the said meeting, the demands of the Project Displaced Families for providing employment or employment after training was discussed at length. The suggestions offered by the representatives of Project Displaced Families along with representatives of

6. So also this Court does not find any ground to interfere with the impugned order in WP.No.432- 436 & 437-441/2012.

Under Clause 4.1 of the impugned order at Annexure-A, dated 2.12.2011, the methodology is prescribed for selection of the persons who are to be

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employed in different categories. The said Clause reads thus:-

"4.1- The current units viz., MRPL, OMPL, ISPRL would provide employment to the no. of PDF's to be absorbed by each of them, based on their (PDF's) qualification and will not insist to appear for selection test. DC, D.K.Dist., Mangalore would finalize the list of PDF nominees in different categories to be provided jobs by MRPL, OMPL, ISPRL, with KPT trained PDF nominees to get first priority in each category."