LPA/221/2026

NEUTRAL CITATION C/LPA/221/2026 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 08/05/2026 2026:GUJHC:32338-DB Reserved On : 13/03/2026 Pronounced On : 08/05/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 221 of 2026 In R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION/15268/2018 With CIVIL APPLICATION (FOR STAY) NO. 1 of 2026 In R/LETTERS PATENT APPEAL NO. 221 of 2026 ================================================== KRUNAL THAKORBHAI TANDEL Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ================================================== Appearance: MR VIRAL J DAVE(5751) for the Appellant(s) No. 1 MR. VENUGOPAL PATEL, ASST. GOVERNMENT PLEADER for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MR ARSHAD SHAIKH(11761) for the Respondent(s) No. 3 MR JAY SNEHAL SHAH(13391) for the Respondent(s) No. 3 MR PREMAL R JOSHI(1327) for the Respondent(s) No. 2 ================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA and HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE J. L. ODEDRA CAV JUDGMENT (PER : HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE N.S.SANJAY GOWDA) [1] The appellant herein had challenged the selection of the third respondent as an Assistant Professor in Industrial Engineering by filing this writ petition which has been dismissed by the Learned Singl