JUDGMENT

[Physical Hearing/Hybrid Hearing (as per request)]

Rajiv Shakdher, J. (Oral):This writ petition is directed against the judgment dated 06.07.2021, passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal [in short the "Tribunal"] in O.A. No.801/2021.

2. In order to adjudicate the issues arising in the writ petition, the following brief facts need to be noticed:

2.1. The petitioner, who is an ex-serviceman, had applied against the post of Constable (Dog Handler)[Male], advertised by the Delhi Police in 2013. Out of the total 43 vacancies advertised qua the subject post, 10% stood reserved for ex-servicemen.

2.2. The petitioner, who fell in the Other Backward Class (OBC) category, applied in the quota reserved for ex-servicemen.

2.3. Concededly, the petitioner qualified the prescribed written test and was found medically fit. This exercise took place between March 2014 and August 2014.

2.4. However, on 21.04.2015, the petitioner was served a notice, calling upon him to show cause as to why his candidature for the post of Constable (Dog Handler) Male should not be cancelled. The notice, inter alia, alluded to the fact that since the petitioner had been involved in two criminal cases, [th