Railway Protection Force vs Prem Chand Kumar

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2025 Supreme(SC) 1651

SURYA KANT, JOYMALYA BAGCHI
Railway Protection Force – Appellant
Versus
Prem Chand Kumar – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s): In SLP(C)28469/19 : Mr. A Mariarputham, Sr. Adv. Mr. Mayilsamy K, Adv. Dr. Gayathiri A S, Adv. Mr. Arun Pandiyan S, Adv. Mr. P. Soma Sundaram, AOR Mr. Sudarshan Lamba, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Mrs. Saumya Tandon, Adv. Mr. B K Satija, Adv. Mr. Padmesh Mishra, Adv. Mr. Arkaj Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pratyush Srivastva, Adv. Mr. T S Sabrish, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR Mr. Mahavir Singh, Sr. Adv. Mr. Aneesh Mittal, AOR Mrs. Juhi Arora, Adv. Ms. Komal Mittal, Adv. Mr. Maasir Javed, Adv. Mr. Virender Singh, Adv. Mr. Hrishikesh Baruah, AOR Mr. Kumar Kshitij, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Dwivedi, Adv. Gp. Capt. Karan Singh Bhati, AOR Ms. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv. Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Adv. Mr. Anirudh Singh, Adv. Mr. Aishwary Mishra, Adv. Mr. Dhananjai Shekhwat, Adv. Ms. Anjali Saxena, Adv. Ms. Sakshi Aggarwal, Adv. Mr. Dashrath Singh, Adv. Ms. Ankita Chaudhary, AOR Mr. Hrishikesh Baruah, Adv. Mr. Utkarsh Dwivedi, Adv.

Table of Content
1. factual background of recruitment process. (Para 2 , 3)
2. court's observations on legal standing orders. (Para 6 , 10 , 16 , 17 , 18)
3. arguments regarding eligibility for unreserved category. (Para 7 , 8 , 9 , 11 , 12)
4. ratio decidendi concerning modification of standing orders. (Para 14 , 15)
5. court's final conclusion and order. (Para 19 , 20)

JUDGMENT :

SLP (C) No. 20866/2019

2. Appellants have assailed judgement and order¹ [In Writ Petition (C) No. 1350 of 2017] dated 29.03.2019 whereby the High Court directed the respondents-writ petitioners, who had applied in reserved category and availed relaxation in age and/or physical measurements to participate in the recruitment process and had obtained marks higher than the last selected candidate in the unreserved category, to be appointed in the unreserved category.