07.01.2026

Ct. No. 2

adeb

W.P.A. 28509 of 2025

Palash Jana

Vs.

Union of India & Ors.

Mr. Piyali Sengupta

Mr. Victor Chatterjee

…for the Petitioner

Mr. Siddhartha Bhattacharyya

Mr. Aritra Sankar Roy …for the respondents

1. Matter is heard in presence of the learned

advocates representing the petitioner and

Union of India.

2. Question is in connection with selection

process which was initiated pursuant to the Recruitment Notification dated 15^th March, 2023 petitioner is to be adjudged as a candidate who belongs to Economically

Weaker Section (EWS) or not.

3. From the materials available on record and

the submissions made on behalf of the parties it appears that as per Recruitment Notification dated 15^th March, 2023 petitioner applied for the post of Constable-Bugler under EWS category. As per said notification dated 15^th

March, 2023 last date of submitting OnLine application for offering candidature was 25th April, 2023 and if petitioner was found to be shortlisted date for document verification was fixed on 15^th July, 2024.

4. Indisputably petitioner had EWS certificate dated 18^th May, 2022 for the financial year 2022-2023 and there was subsequent renewal of EWS certificate on 5^th November, 2024 which