Recruitment troubles

Querist : Anonymous (Querist) 10 July 2014 This query is : Resolved
I appeared in the recruitment test of a maharatna psu. I qualified the written test and appeared for interview. According to the recruitment advertisement I was eligible for multiple disciplines and by virtue of my performance in written test I was deemed eligible to be interviewed for 4 disciplines.

there were 2 interview boards, first one interviewed me for only 1 discipline (Production) and awarded me 8 marks out of 15. second one interviewed me for the remaining three disciplines (Mechanical, Drilling & Cementing) and awarded me 10 marks out of 15. in the second board seperate marks for seperate disciplines were not awarded, they awarded a single interview score which was to be used for all the three disciplines.

other than that, 25 marks were for qualifying exam. if a candidate had the requisite qualification he was awarded 20 marks out of 25 and if he had the next in line qualification(PG) he was awarded 25 marks out of 25. I came to know all these via RTI applications.

I was not selected after interview. I filed an RTI application to know my marks. I got 88 out of 150 in written, 8 marks in first interview and 10 marks in second interview and i got 20 marks for my qualifying degree.

As explained in the reply to the RTI application marks scored in written test were first converted to out of 60 and then added to interview marks and qualifying exam marks to arrive at the final merit list.
moreover, 9 marks were fixed to be minimum qualifying marks in the interview.
according to this information I was ineligible to be considered for the discipline covered by first interview board and I was eligible for the remaining three disciplines covered by second interview board.

my total score for the disciplines covered by second interview board comes out to be (88*60�150)+10+20 = 65.2 out of hundred.
and the cutoff marks for final selection for my category were 64.8, 64.8 & 66.6 for Mechanical, Drilling & Cementing disciplines respectively.

according to this information I got marks that were more than the cutoff marks in Mechanical and Drilling disciplines. but the reply to my RTI application states that "board 2 found him fit for Cementing discipline only".

I filed another RTI application, asking them, among other things, to list various criteria that were considered while deeming a candidate fit for a certain discipline, as any such clause wasn't mentioned in the original recruitment advertisement. moreover I asked them whether they took into account the candidate's preferences (that were asked in while applying to the recruitment) while deeming a candidate fit for a ceratin discipline.
my preferences were in the order Mechanical, Production, Cementing, Drilling.

I recieved a response from the CPIO to my application but he didn't answer my question in which I asked to list the criteria that were considered while deeming a candidate fit for a certain discipline, neither did he explained whether a candidate's preferences were taken into account while doing so. in fact he didn't even mention the question in his response.

my question is how should I proceed further. I am not well versed in what the law says on such instances, but what I understand from common sense is that when a single interview score was awarded for all three disciplines then both merit and preferences should have been taken into account to prepare the final merit list (like UPSC does). And if such a rule (which allows an interviewer to randomly find a candidate fit for a discipline) random existed they should have mentioned in the recruitment advertisement.

instead of doing that, the interviewers found me fit only for Cementing without any particular reason and when I enquired for the same they didn't provide me with an answer.

not only that, they completely ignored my preferences of disciplines. I can understand the fact that there is some subjectivity as far as interviews are concerned, but that subjectivity ceases to exist after the marks for interview are awarded. after that only the total score and the preferences of candidates are used to prepare merit lists.

so please help me figure out what I shall do next. thank you

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