Anita Devi W/o Karmpal vs State Of Rajasthan

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2025 Supreme(Raj) 1806

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR
ARUN MONGA
Anita Devi W/o Karmpal – Appellant
Versus
State Of Rajasthan – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant : Mr. Rajat Arora
For the Respondent(s): Mr. Mukesh Dave, Govt. Counsel

ORDER :

Arun Monga, J.

1. Petitioner herein is before this Court, aggrieved by an undated decision (Annex.17), rejecting her candidature in the EWS category instead treating her in the General category for the selection process on the post of Nursing Officer.

2. Briefly speaking relevant facts of the case are as follows:

2.1. The petitioner was born in the state of Haryana and later migrated to the state of Rajasthan after her marriage. She belongs to the EWS category, as her gross family income is below the prescribed limit. The respondents issued an advertisement dated 05.05.2023 (Annex.5) for the post of Nursing Officer. The petitioner, being eligible, applied for the position. However, as a migrant candidate, she was forced to submit the application in the unreserved category, despite belonging to the EWS category. The petitioner approached the respondents to change her category vide representation dated 13.09.2023 (Annex.11).

2.2. Subsequently, the respondents issued a list for document verification (Annex.12) after changing the categories of candidates who had submitted representations which were accepted. However, the petitioner was inexplicably not called for verification in EWS