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IN THE HIGH COURT AT CALCUTTA [CIRCUIT BENCH AT PORT BLAIR]
SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYYA, SMITA DAS DE
Union Of India – Appellant
Versus
Yohannan Sajeevan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SABYASACHI BHATTACHARYYA, J.
1. The petitioners/authorities have preferred the present challenge against a judgment dated November 01, 2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Kolkata Bench, Kolkata (Circuit setting at Port Blair) in Original Application No. 351/0303/2023.
2. The applicant/respondent no. 1 preferred the said Original Application before the Tribunal challenging Note-3 in Row-11 of the Recruitment Rules dated October 04, 2022 as well as the promotion of candidates to the post of Head Master (SS) and Vice Principal (SSS), who did not possess educational qualification required for the said post but were promoted by dint of the relaxation granted by the impugned Note-3. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners argues that the concerned Recruitment Rules of 2022 were notified on October 04, 2022 by the Administrator, that is, the Lieutenant Governor, Andaman and Nicobar Islands only after extensive deliberations upon inviting claims and objections from all stakeholders and scrutiny by a duly constituted Empowered Committee. The said Recruitment Rules were also forwarded to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for vetting, which granted it
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