Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Service Law-Recruitment |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Service Law - Recruitment - Different cut-off-marks provided for different categories of candidates - Non-filling of few reserved posts due to non-availability of qualified candidates - Unsuccessful candidates seeking appointment against reserved post by lowering cutoff marks - Denied by Central Administrative Tribunal - Allowed by High Court - On appeal, held : The candidates of general category cannot be appointed against reserved posts - The Authority was having requisite jurisdiction to fix cut-off marks - In the facts, it cannot be said that fixing of cut-off was arbitrary so as to offend Article 14 of the Constitution - It was for the Authority to decide as to whether the post was to be dereserved or carried forward - The candidates, having taken part in the selection process, knowing the procedure thereof, estopped from challenging the same - Constitution of India, 1950 - Article 14 - Estoppel.Vacancies were advertised for recruitment to the post of 'Gangman' by Railways. The Authority had reserved the right to increase or decrease the number of posts. Certain seats were also reserved for the candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes. Cut-off marks were provided for different categories of candidates. Out of the total vacancies, the post belonging to General and Other Backward Class Category were filled. However, some posts belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe category could not be filled up due to non-availability of qualified eligible candidates.Some unsuccessful candidates from General Category (respondents), filed application before Central Administrative Tribunal. The same was disposed of, directing the Administration to consider the question of lowering of cut-off marks of the general candidates. The Competent Authority decided that lowering of cutoff-marks would not be conducive to general merit of the candidates. Thereafter another application was filed and the same was dismissed by the Central Administrative Tribunal. In Writ Petition, High Court directed the concerned Authority to appoint the general category candidates by lowering the cut-off marks against the reserved posts. Hence the present appeal. Appellant contended that the direction of the High Court was illegal, as the reserved vacancies could not be filled up by general candidates.Respondents contended that specification of cut-off-marks for general candidates was arbitrary; and the order of High Court could not be said to be illegal because previously Railway Board, itself had directed to fill up the unfilled reserved vacancies by general candidates in terms of Circular dated 12.3.1976. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice S.B. Sinha |
Neutral Citation | 2007 INSC 947 |
Petitioner | Union Of India And Ors. |
Respondent | S. Vinodh Kumar And Ors. |
SCR | [2007] 10 S.C.R. 41 |
Judgement Date | 2007-09-18 |
Case Number | 4347 |
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