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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR
SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYYA, AJOY KUMAR MUKHERJEE
Union Of India – Appellant
Versus
Prodip Kumar Das – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYYA, J.
1. The petitioner-authorities have challenged an order of the Central Administrative Tribunal whereby the Tribunal set aside an order dated February 14, 2021 issued by the Director of Health Services, Andaman and Nicobar Administration whereby the petitioners refused to give double age relaxation to the respondent, both as a departmental candidate with 3 years continuous service in the Central Government and as a candidate falling under the Other Backward Classes (OBCs).
2. The facts, in a nutshell, are that the respondent is working as Health Worker (Male). The Health Department of the Andaman and Nicobar Administration had published a revised vacancy notice on June 21, 2019 and a newspaper publication was made to that effect on June 23, 2019. The age limit for candidates were stipulated therein. The said notice provided that for the post of Health Educator, for which the respondent applied, the age relaxation shall be allowed in accordance with the instructions issued by the Government of India and the Andaman and Nicobar Administration from time to time.
3. The governing provisions as to relaxation of age was the Office Memorandum dated March
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