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SANJEEV SACHDEVA, MANOJ JAIN
Akash Yadav – Appellant
Versus
Director General, Crpf, Cgo Complex – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sanjeev Sachdeva, J. (Oral)--Petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to appoint the petitioner to the post of CT/Bugler from a different zone against available vacancy.
2. Respondents had published an advertisement in newspaper Employment News dated 13-19.02.2016 for recruitment to various posts of Constable (Technical & Tradesmen) in Central Reserve Police Force.
3. Petitioner submitted an application for the post of CT/Bugler and thereafter appeared in the examination. Petitioner cleared the Physical Standard Test/Physical Examination Test as well as the written examination and Trade Test.
4. Subsequently, on 28.11.2016, petitioner was informed that his candidature has been cancelled for the reason that he had appeared through the Bilaspur Center Zone, Chattisgarh instead of his home State i.e. Madhya Pradesh. Petitioner approached this Court in September, 2019.
5. At the outset, we may note that the candidature of petitioner was rejected on 28.11.2016, but he approached this Court only in September, 2019.
6. It is an admitted position that petitioner, who was a permanent domicile of Madhya Pradesh, had filled his center as Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
7. Subject
Applicants must provide correct domicile status and meet the cut-off marks for the applied categories in recruitment processes.
The main legal point established is that rejection of a candidate's candidature based solely on an incorrect detail in the application form should be justified by the potential advantage gained from ....
Correct domicile representation in application forms is essential for recruitment eligibility; errors may lead to lawful rejection as per the clear terms of the recruitment notice.
A minor typographical mistake in the home address, which does not grant any undue benefit, should not lead to the rejection of a meritorious candidate's candidature.
The central legal point established in the judgment is that the requirement of the advertisement did not stipulate that the Caste Certificate and the Domicile Certificate had to be from the same regi....
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