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C. HARI SHANKAR, GIRISH KATHPALIA
Dinesh Kumar Gurjar – Appellant
Versus
Union Of India – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(C. Hari Shankar, J.)
1. The Northern Railway issued a recruitment notice, for filling up of 5679 Group D posts in the pay-scale of Rs. 5200-20200 with Grade Pay of Rs. 1800 on 30 December 2013. The petitioner applied against the said notice. He participated in the written examination which was held on 30 November 2014 and was declared successful for appearing in the next stage of selection, which was the Physical Endurance Test,[“PET” hereinafter], in the result declared in 2015. He cleared the PET and was called for verification of documents on 24 June 2015.
2. At the stage of verification of documents, the petitioner’s candidature was cancelled. The reason, as displayed on the website of the Northern Railway, read thus:
The court emphasized adherence to natural justice in administrative decisions, ruling that cancellation of candidature without proper notice is impermissible.
The court upheld the rejection of the applicant's candidature based on expert opinion regarding handwriting mismatch, affirming that natural justice does not guarantee specific procedures if fairness....
The integrity of recruitment processes must be maintained under constitutional provisions, and adequate opportunities must be granted for candidates to contest any allegations before adverse actions ....
A recruitment process cannot dismiss candidates based solely on inconclusive expert opinions without granting procedural fairness, highlighting the importance of societal norms regarding name discrep....
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