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2026 Supreme(Raj) 189

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN, BENCH AT JAIPUR
INDERJEET SINGH, RAVI CHIRANIA, JJ.
The State Of Rajasthan, Through Principal Secretary, Medical And Health Department – Appellant
Versus
Chandra Kalla, D/o. Jalu Ram, W/o. Shri Ram – Respondent 
D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 278 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 1061 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 1073 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 143 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 144 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 160 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 164 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 167 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 168 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 170 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 171 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 172 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 173 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 174 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 176 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 177 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 178 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 180 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 181 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 182 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 188 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 190 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 208 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 22 of 2024, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 237 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 261 of 2023, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 302 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 308 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 309 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 310 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 312 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 313 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 314 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 315 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 316 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 317 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 318 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 319 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 320 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 321 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 322 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 323 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 324 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 325 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 326 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 327 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 328 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 329 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 330 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 331 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 332 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 333 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 334 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 335 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 336 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 337 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 338 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 339 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 340 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 341 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 342 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 343 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 344 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 345 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 346 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 347 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 348 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 356 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 357 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 359 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 360 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 362 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 363 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 364 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 369 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 370 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 371 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 372 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 374 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 377 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 378 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 379 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 380 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 381 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 383 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 384 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 385 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 386 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 387 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 389 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 390 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 391 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 392 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 399 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 401 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 405 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 406 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 407 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 408 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 409 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 410 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 412 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 413 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 414 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 415 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 416 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 417 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 418 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 428 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 431 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 465 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 478 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 543 of 2025, D.B. Special Appeal Writ No. 893 of 2025 
Decided On : 13-01-2026

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : Mr. Basant Singh Chhaba, AAG, Mr. Vigyan Shah, AAG assisted by Mr. Yash Joshi Mr. Sankalp Vijay Mr. Priyam Agarwal, Mr. Deepak Mittal, Ms. Tanisha Pant, Ms. Monisha Agarwal, Mr. Vivek Guwalani, Mr. Kshitij Jain
For the Respondents: Mr. Krishan Chander Sharma, Mr. Naveen Dhuwan, Mr. Himanshu Jain, Mr. Tanmay Dhand, Mr. Roshan Lal Jasuja, Mr. Satish Kumar Balwada, Mr. Jitendra Choudhary, Mr. Satish Kumar Balwada, Mr.Arvind Kumar Arora.

The court emphasized the necessity for independent adjudication on candidacy qualifications, rejecting reliance on previous judgments without merit assessment, and mandated fresh consideration as directed by the Supreme Court.

Headnote:(A) Rajasthan Medical & Health Subordinate Service Rules, 1965 - Appeal against rejection of candidature for Health Worker (Female) position - Candidature rejected due to lack of required qualifications as per Advertisement dated 18.06.2018 - Previous judgments relied upon without independent adjudication on merits - Supreme Court directed fresh consideration of candidate's qualifications in light of judicial directives. (Paras 6, 10, 18)

(B) Judicial Review - Lower courts must independently assess eligibility based on specific qualifications as stated in the advertisement. (Paras 10, 18)

Facts of the case:
Respondents applied for Health Worker position but were rejected based on qualifications not being met, leading to writ petitions that were allowed by a Single Judge and subsequently appealed by the State.

Findings of Court:
Appeals allowed; order dated 10.02.2022 is set aside and matters remanded for fresh consideration on merits.

Issues: The court addressed whether the rejection of application was justified and if the qualifications for the Health Worker post were properly assessed.

Ratio Decidendi: The learned Single Judge failed to consider the merits of the qualifications independently as mandated by the Supreme Court, thereby necessitating a remand for a fresh review.

Result: Appeals allowed and remanded for fresh adjudication.

Table of Content
1. state's appeal and procedural details. (Para 1 , 2)
2. background of recruitment process and qualifications. (Para 5 , 6 , 7)
3. supreme court dismisses prior appeals. (Para 8 , 9)
4. remand directed by supreme court for fresh adjudication. (Para 10 , 11 , 12)
5. arguments regarding single judge's decision. (Para 15 , 16 , 17)
6. appeals allowed; case remanded for fresh decision. (Para 18 , 19 , 20)

ORDER :

1. Defects pointed out by the Office in the appeals are waived.

2. Heard on CMCW No.876/2025 in SAW No.278/2023, CMCW No.648/2025 in SAW No.144/2023, CMCW No.646/2025 in SAW No.164/2023, CMCW No.644/2025 in SAW No.167/2023, CMCW No.647/2025 in SAW No.237/2023, CMCW No.350/2025 in SAW No.302/2025, CMCW No.368/2025 in SAW No.308/2025, CMCW No.370/2025 in SAW No.309/2025, CMCW No.371/2025 in SAW No.310/2025, CMCW No.372/2025 in SAW No.312/2025, CMCW No.373/2025 in SAW No.313/2025, CMCW No.374/2025 in SAW No.314/2025, CMCW No.377/2025 in SAW No.315/2025, CMCW No.378/2025 in SAW No.316/2025, CMCW No.379/2025 in SAW No.317/2025, CMCW No.380/2025 in SAW No.318/2025, CMCW No.381/2025 in SAW No.319/2025, CMCW No.382/2025 in SAW No.320/2025, CMCW No.383/2025 in SAW No.321/2025, CMCW No.384/2025 in SAW No.322/2025, CMCW No.385/2025 in SAW No.323/2025, CMCW No.386/2025 in SAW No.324/2025, CMCW No.388/2025 in SAW No.325/2025, CMCW No.390/2025 in SAW No.326/2025, CMCW No.391/2025 in SAW No.327/2025, CMCW No.393/2025 in SAW No.328/2025, CMCW No.394/2025 in SAW No.329/2025, CMCW No.395/2025 in SAW No.330/2025, CMCW No.397/2025 in SAW No.331/2025, CMCW No.398/2025 in SAW No.332/2025, CMCW No.399/2025 in SAW No.333/2025, CMCW No.401/2025 in SAW No.334/2025, CMCW No.403/2025 in SAW No.335/2025, CMCW No.404/2025 in SAW No.336/2025, CMCW No.405/2025 in SAW No.337/2025, CMCW No.406/2025 in SAW No.338/2025, CMCW No.407/2025 in SAW No.339/2025, CMCW No.412/2025 in SAW No.340/2025, CMCW No.413/2025 in SAW No.341/2025, CMCW No.414/2025 in SAW No.342/2025, CMCW No.415/2025 in SAW No.343/2025, CMCW No.416/2025 in SAW No.344/2025, CMCW No.417/2025 in SAW No.345/2025, CMCW No.418/2025 in SAW No.346/2025, CMCW No.419/2025 in SAW No.347/2025, CMCW No.420/2025 in SAW No.348/2025, CMCW No.428/2025 in SAW No.356/2025, CMCW No.429/2025 in SAW No.357/2025, CMCW No.433/2025 in SAW No.359/2025, CMCW No.435/2025 in SAW No.360/2025, CMCW No.437/2025 in SAW No.362/2025, CMCW No.438/2025 in SAW No.363/2025, CMCW No.452/2025 in SAW No.377/2025, CMCW No.455/2025 in SAW No.380/2025, CMCW No.460/2025 in SAW No.385/2025, CMCW No.473/2025 in SAW No.401/2025, CMCW No.476/2025 in SAW No.405/2025, CMCW No.478/2025 in SAW No.406/2025, CMCW No.479/2025 in SAW No.407/2025, CMCW No.480/2025 in SAW No.408/2025, CMCW No.481/2025 in SAW No.409/2025, CMCW No.482/2025 in SAW No.410/2025, CMCW No.483/2025 in SAW No.412/2025, CMCW No.484/2025 in SAW No.413/2025, CMCW No.485/2025 in SAW No.414/2025, CMCW No.486/2025 in SAW No.415/2025, CMCW No.487/2025 in SAW No.416/2025, CMCW No.488/2025 in SAW No.417/2025, CMCW No.489/2025 in SAW No.418/2025, CMCW No.499/2025 in SAW No.428/2025, CMCW No.502/2025 in SAW No.431/2025, CMCW No.524/2025 in SAW No.465/2025, CMCW No.562/2025 in SAW No.543/2025, CMCW No.789/2025 in SAW No.893/2025.

3. In the aforementioned cases, appellants have filed applications under Section 5 of the Limitation Act for condoning the delay in filing the appeals.

4. The delay in filing the appeals is condoned.

5. These appeals have been filed by the appellant-State challenging the order dated 10.02.2022, whereby the writ petition filed on behalf of the petitioners (to be referred as ‘respondents’ in the appeal) were allowed.

6. The brief facts of the case are that in pursuance to the Advertisement dated 18.06.2018 issued by the respondents (to be referred as ‘appellants’ in the appeal) for appointment on the post of Health Worker (Female) under the Rajasthan Medical & Health Subordinate Service Rules, 1965 (for short ‘the Rules of 1965’). The respondents have applied

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