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1. The petitioner, in the instant writ petition, has prayed for a direction against the respondents to appoint the petitioner on the post of Basic Computer Instructor pursuant to order dated 13.04.2023 and not to cancel his appointment on the aforesaid post due to pendency of criminal case against him.

2. Factual matrix of the case which is are relevant for adjudication of the dispute involved in the instant writ petition are [2025:RJ-JP:17318] (2 of 6) [CW-7994/2023] that one advertisement dated 01.02.2022 was issued by the Rajasthan Staff Selection Board, Jaipur, whereby applications were invited from all eligible candidates for appointment on the post of Basic Compute Instructor. The petitioner has come out with a case that he being eligible for holding the aforesaid post, participated in the process and ultimately after being selected, one appointment order dated 13.04.2023 was issued by District Education Officer, Headquarter, Secondary, Jaipur, whereby petitioner was appointed on the post of Basic Compute Instructor subject to the condition that prior to joining, character verification report shall be obtained.

8. On the contrary, counsel for the respondents has stated that verification of character and antecedents of candidates before their appointment in government service is an important process, so that the persons having objectionable antecedents may not enter into the service. It has also been stated that even in the cases where the persons has been acquitted from all the charges, it is a discretion of the employer to appoint the candidate or not, on the basis of nature of allegations against him. In the instant case, after examining of such matters where specific circulars [2025:RJ-JP:17318] (5 of 6) [CW-7994/2023] have been issued by the State Government, the respondents have rightly not allowed the petitioner to join on the post of Basic Computer Instructor.

11. The respondents have also stated that the petitioner has not clearly disclosed with regard to pendency of aforesaid criminal case, which amounts to concealment on his part. Such contention raised by the respondents is not justifiable for the reason that [2025:RJ-JP:17318] (6 of 6) [CW-7994/2023] relevant column in the application form was totally vague and was confined only to disclosure with regard to a candidate being an ex- prisoner or not. As limited information was required in the application form, which was correctly given by the petitioner and there being no other column in the application form requiring him to disclose even the pending criminal matters, it cannot be assumed that the petitioner has suppressed any relevant information. Therefore, even on the ground of alleged concealment, which is otherwise not established in the instant case, depriving the petitioner of his legitimate rights for appointment is totally unjustified and the petitioner is entitled to be appointed on the post of Basic Computer Instructor.

13. In view of the above, the writ petition succeeds and the respondents are directed to allow the petitioner to join on the post of Basic Computer Instructor pursuant to appointment order dated 13.04.2023. He is also entitled for all consequential benefits, in notional terms, from the date on which other persons appointed through aforesaid appointment order dated 13.04.2023 have been allowed to join their services.