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in Hindi has given rise to the cause of action in O.A.Nos.1737(C)/98, 1911 (C)/98, 1914 (C)/98,
1915 (C)/98, 1971 (C)/98 and 2174 (C)/98, a joint application filed by five candidates. Their position
in the merit list of 377 candidates is indicated below:
O.A.No.1737(C)/98 Haripriya Dash 138
O.A.No.1911(C)/98 Sucheta Mohapatra 135
O.A.No.1914(C)/98 Namita Mohanty 130
O.A.No.1915(C)/98 Mamatha Mahapatra 136
O.A.No.1971(C)/98 Bijayalaxmi Patsani 144
O.A.No.2174(C)/98 Sidhartha Sankar Pani 150
Satyajit Das 143
Rudranarayan Acharya 134
Archana Patnaik 133
Ramesh Ch. Panda 131
6. Samikshya Nayak, applicant in O.A. 2919(C)/98 is placed at Sl.No.147 of the list of 377
and is not included in the list of 19 extra candidates.
7. The G.A. Department have filed a detailed counter covering O.A.Nos.1737(C)/98, 1911
(C)/98, O.A.1914(C)/98, 1915 (C)/98 and 1971 (C)/98. They have filed a separate counter in
O.A.2174 (C)/98. The Commission has also filed a detailed counter in the first five cases and a
separate counter in O.A. 2174 (C)/98. No counter has been filed in O.A. 2919 (C)/98. No private
respondents are involved in this case. Hence, on the basis of the detailed replies filed by the G.A.
Department and the Commission in the other cases and submissions made at the time of hearing it was
decided to dispose of this case also with the consent of he counsel appearing in that case.
8. Rejoinders and written submissions have been filed in the cases in which counter is available
and in the course of hearing certain decisions were also cited which have been taken note of. Shorn
of unnecessary details, the grievances of the applicants and the relief claimed by them are as follows:-
(i) the applicants in O.A.2174(C)/98 are aggrieved because the Commission allowed the 22
candidates who offered Hindi as the Indian Language in the preliminary examination to participate in
the selection and included them in the select list in spite of the Rules having been amended with
retrospective effect before the preliminary test was held. They have pointed out that since the preliminary
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