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RAJANI DUBEY
Pravinyalata Markandey, W/o Rajesh Kumar Markandey – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh, Through Secretary, DKS Bhawan, Raipur – Respondent
ORDER :
1. This petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been filed against the decision taken by respondent No.2/CGPSC on 22.3.2010 whereby the petitioner’s application dated 30.11.2009 for correction in the admit card in the category as per provision No.1 of the admit card, has been rejected and she has been treated as a candidate of unreserved category instead of scheduled caste category.
2. Brief facts of the case, as mentioned in the writ petition, are that pursuant to the advertisement dated 20.5.2009 issued by respondent No.2/CGPSC for filling up posts of Assistant Professors in various subjects, the petitioner applied for the post of Assistant Professor in the subject – Sociology. However, in the admit card issued to her which was received by her by post only on the previous day of examination i.e. 28.11.2009, she was mentioned as a candidate of Unreserved Category. After receipt of the admit card, as per provision No.1 of the admit card, she submitted an application on 30.11.2009 to CGPSC for correcting her category as Scheduled Caste but the same was not considered. Thereafter, she submitted a reminder on 10.12.2010 to CGPSC for correction in her category
A trivial error in caste categorization should not deprive a candidate of their right to be considered as belonging to a scheduled caste.
The court established that candidates should be allowed to correct genuine mistakes in their application forms, particularly when such corrections do not disrupt the overall admission process and uph....
The main legal point established is the importance of considering candidates under the correct caste category, taking into account the fluidity of caste classifications and the lack of specific provi....
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