ORDER

Rajiv Shakdher, J. - Preface:-

1. This writ petition is directed against the order dated 14.06.2021, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal [hereafter referred to as "the Tribunal"] in O.A.No.53/2021 [in short "OA"]

2. The petitioner had approached the Tribunal to assail the decision of respondent no. 1/Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) dated 09.09.2020, whereby her candidature for Civil Services Examination, 2019 [in short "CSE 2019"] was cancelled.

2.1. According to the petitioner, she became aware of her candidature being cancelled only when she received information on 11.12.2020, in response to her application filed under the Right to Information Act, 2005, dated 01.12.2020.

3. Shorn of unnecessary details, the petitioner's candidature, as per the respondents, stood cancelled for two reasons :

(i) First, she had failed to submit the requisite Income and Asset Certificate [in short "I&A Certificate"] before the stipulated deadline,

(ii) Second, the I&A Certificate filed by the petitioner, albeit after the deadline stipulated, disclosed that she did not meet the eligibility criteria for securing the post under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category.

3.1. Wha