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2026 Supreme(Online)(Chh) 23931
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
Sanjay K. Agrawal, J
Preeti Verma – Appellant
Versus
State Of Chhattisgarh – Respondent
WPS No. 4246 of 2019
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Devendra Swarnkar, Jitendra Gupta
For the Respondents: Rahul Tamaskar
The court cannot grant age relaxation contrary to statutory recruitment rules if the petitioners have not challenged the validity of those rules.
Headnote:(A) Recruitment Rules - Age Relaxation - Minimum age prescribed in statutory rules cannot be relaxed by the court in a writ petition where the rules themselves have not been challenged. (Para 4)
Issues: Whether the court can grant age relaxation for the post of Assistant Teacher when the governing recruitment rules are not challenged.
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| 1. request for age relaxation for assistant teacher. (Para 1 , 2) |
| 2. opposition based on unchallenged recruitment rules. (Para 3) |
| 3. dismissal due to lack of challenge to rules. (Para 4) |
CGHC010188182019 2026:CGHC:37464 Digitally ANKIT signed NAFR K SI U N M G A H Rb A K y N UM KI A T R SINGH
Order On Board
1. The petitioners have filed the writ petition directing the respondent-authorities for giving age relaxation from age limit 21 years to 18 years in filling up the post of Assistant Teacher, in the interest of justice.
2. Mr. Devendra Swarnkar, learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that in the interest of justice minimum age might be 18 for the post of Assistant Teacher, therefore, respondent-authorities may be directed to do the same.
3. Mr. Rahul Tamaskar, learned State counsel, would oppose the prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner and submit that minimum age for the post of Assistant Teacher is governed by the Rules of Chhattisgarh School Education Services (Educational and Administrative Cadre) Recruitment and Promotion Rules, 2019 (for short Rules, 2019) which has not been challenged in the instant writ petition.
4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and after going through the records, it appears that minimum age for the post of Assistant Teacher is governed by the Rules, 2019 and and in Schedule -III at Serial No.1 of the Rules, 2019, the minimum age for the post of Assistant Teacher is prescribed as 21 years and the same has not been challenged in the instant writ petition. In that view of the matter, no direction contrary to Rules, 2019 for giving age relaxation from age 21 years to 18 years can be issued. As such, I do not find any merit in the instant writ petition, accordingly, the same is dismissed. No cost(s).
