Petition filed by DPC completed candidates ; Court defers hearing to November 26
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 21 2016:
The hearing to consider the interim relief sought by the All Manipur DPC Completed Candidates of Police Constable (Male) 2013 has yet again been deferred to November 26 .
The High Court of Manipur deferred the hearing owing to the failure of the Government of Manipur to file a counter affidavit in time.
As a result, the earlier directive of the HC not to declare the final results of the new recruitment process for police Constables (male) till October 21 has been extended to November 26 unless an interim order is passed.
The HC in the last hearing held on October 8 asked the State to submit its counter affidavits on October 17 in connection with the case so an interim order could be passed on October 21 as sought by the petitioner(s) .
However, the State reportedly filed counter affidavits on October 19 further hampering the Court proceedings.
This is the second time the date for consideration for passing the interim relief was deferred due to the State Government's failure to file affidavits in time.
The counsel of the petitioners in the earlier hearing raised objection that sufficient time had been granted to the State respondents and insisted that their prayer for interim relief be considered.
However Advocate General, Th Ibohal, representing the State pleaded the Court to give more time as compiling and gathering necessary information for filing the counter affidavit could not be completed.
He had assured to file the same on October 17 .
On September 16 hearing, the Court fixed October 7 as the date for hearing the petition for interim relief sought by the petitioner while issuing notice to file counter affidavits within October 3 .
However, the Court had to defer the hearing to October 21 following the failure of the State to file their counter affidavit within the stipulated time.
Altogether seven separate petitions were filed by the candidates of the All Manipur Written Test Successful Candidates of Police Constable (Male) 2013 challenging the order of the Police Department that cancelled the DPC of the recruitment process.
In addition, two caveat petitions were also filed by candidates of the new recruitment process.