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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
SANJEEB K.PANIGRAHI
Nitosh Kumar Das – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. petitioner's application eligibility and recruitment details. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. petitioner's arguments on eligibility and age relaxation. (Para 3 , 4) |
| 3. court analysis on age eligibility and recruitment rules. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13) |
| 4. predominant legal standards on migration between categories. (Para 14) |
| 5. final dismissal of the writ petition. (Para 15) |
JUDGMENT :
SANJEEB K. PANIGRAHI, J.
1. The Petitioner instituted the present Writ Petition filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950, challenging the action of the Opposite Parties in refusing to accept the Petitioner’s application for participation in the recruitment process for the post of Management Trainee Human Resource, MT(HR) pursuant to Advertisement No. OHPC: HQ: HRD: RECTT:02/2025, dated- 07.11.2025, despite the Petitioner fulfilling all the prescribed eligibility criteria as stipulated in the said advertisement.
I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE
2. The brief facts of the case culled out from the pleadings:
(i) Opposite Party No.2, Odisha Hydro Power Corporation Ltd. (OHPCL), issued Advertisement No. OHPC: HQ: HRD: RECTT:02/2025 dated 07.11.2025, inviting applications fo
A candidate from a reserved category must meet unreserved eligibility criteria without claiming age relaxation when applying for unreserved posts unless expressly provided by recruitment rules or adv....
Right of the petitioners to claim age relaxation as they were within age and had applied for recruitment pursuant to the earlier advertisement which got cancelled.
Where applications are called for prescribing a particular date as last date for filing applications, eligibility of candidates shall have to be judged with reference to that date and that date alone....
Candidates who participated in a recruitment process should not be denied the opportunity to apply in subsequent processes due to age limits, especially when the previous process was cancelled.
The court ruled that reserved category candidates who availed age relaxation cannot migrate to general category vacancies, ensuring adherence to equal treatment principles.
The relaxation of the upper age limit for government jobs is at the discretion of the State/Government and cannot be claimed as a matter of right by candidates of the EWS category.
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