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4. Facts and circumstances arising out of the present petitions are identical and are challenging the same advertisement, therefore all the writ petitions are decided by this common judgment and Writ Petition No.5119 of 2025 shall be considered as a lead petition. KHUNTE WP-5119.25+2-J.odt

5. By this Petition, the Petitioners are challenging the advertisement dated 22.08.2025 issued by the Respondent No.2- Municipal Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation to the extent of the post of System Analyst and Hardware Engineer (Sr. No. 31 and 33 at Annexure D) and further challenging the Nagpur Municipal Corporation Services (Recruitment and Classification of Services) Rules, 2023 (Annexure F) being inconsistent with the provisions of the Municipal Corporation Act, 1949.

9. Against the said recruitment rules, the Petitioner made representations to the Respondent No. 2 on 26.02.2025, however, the Respondent No. 2 neither replied nor rejected the said representation. Therefore, the Petitioner sent another representation to the Respondent No. 2 on 18.06.2025 which was duly acknowledged by Respondent No. 1 and 2.

10. Subsequently, the Respondent No. 2 issued the impugned advertisement dated 22.08.2025, thereby calling online applications for total 174 posts to be filled by way of nomination. The last date of submission of applications was 09.09.2025. As per the said advertisement, the desired educational qualification for the post of System Analyst under Clause No.2.1.2 Serial Nos.7 and 8) is only Bachelor of Engineering in Computer and three years of experience as System Analyst apart from some preference to the employees who are working with the Respondent no.2-Municipal Corporation.

14. Per Contra, the respondent No.2, in its reply, contended that the plea of the petitioner to include the qualification equivalent to the Bachelor Degree in Engineering against the post of System Analyst and Data Manager by the answering respondent corporation is wholly misconceived, particularly when as on date the eligible candidates having Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Computer) are abundantly available, furthermore, the educational curriculum for qualifying the Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Computer) and for B.Sc., Computer Science and M.C.A. are different and there is no comparison between the two. Therefore, in view of the expertise required for the posts such as System Analyst and Data Manager the prayer by the petitioner to include the qualification like B.Sc., Computer Science and M.C.A. as equivalent qualification with Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Computer) is wholly misconceived.

19. The learned counsel for the respondent-Municipal Corporation placed on record the proposal forwarded to the respondent No.1 along with Schedules A & B, wherein the requisite qualification for the post of System Analyst is shown as (1) 'B.E.Computer' from any recognized university by AICTE, (2) Three years experience in System Analyst Program Software Development field and (3) the eligible candidate from the employees of Corporation in Information and Technology.