Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 27: High Court has stayed the appointment of Assistant Registrar in Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University and issued notice to Registrar of the varsity.
Zakir Hussain was appointed as Assistant Registrar on temporary basis vide office memo No. BGSBU/Estb/18/339 dated 03-05-2018. This was challenged through a writ petition titled Sarfraz Bukhari Versus Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University and Others.
Counsels for the petitioner Advocate Abhinav Sharma and Advocate Ahsaan Mirza submitted that for the appointment of two Assistant Registrars BGSBU Rajouri on 06-09-2013 issued Advertisement No. BGSBU/ ESTAB/13/7590-7609 and in response to that hundreds of eligible candidates filled forms including the petitioner.
“Instead of completing the selection process Vice Chancellor BGSBU just to appease the then Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs appointed Zakir Hussain as Assistant Register vide BGSBU/Estb/ 18/339 dated 03-05-2018 as he remained PRO of the Minister for many years”, the counsels for the petitioner submitted.
After hearing the arguments of petitioner’s counsels, Justice Sanjeev Kumar stayed the appointment of Assistant Registrar Zakir Hussain on temporary basis ordered vide office memo No. BGSBU/Estb/18/339 dated 03-05-2018. The court also issued notice to the all respondents including Register BGSBU Rajouri.
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