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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT

JODHPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4868/2026

Santosh D/o Shri Om Prakash W/o Shri Daleep Singh, Aged

About 35 Years, Resident Of Village Budhwaliya, Tehsil Rawatsar,

District Hanumangarh, Raj.

----Petitioner

Versus

1. The State Of Rajasthan, Through The Secretary,

Department Of Social Justice And Empowerment

Government Of Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

2. The Secretary, Department Of Personnel, Government Of

Rajasthan, Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

3. The District Collector, Hanumangarh, Rajasthan.

4. The Sub Division Officer, Tehsil Rawatsar, District

Hanumangarh, Rajasthan.

----Respondents

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Puna Ram Sen

For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sanjay Raj Paliwal, GC

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

05/03/2026

1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner with

the following prayer:-

“It is therefore, respectfully prayed that this writ petition

may kindly be allowed and, by an appropriate writ order or

direction: -

A. Issue a Writ of Mandamus declaring the repeated

rejection of the Petitioner's application for the Economically

Weaker Section (EWS) Certificate and the oral demand for a

court order as illegal, arbitrary, and violative of Articles 14

and 16 of the Constitution of India, being contrary to the

State Government's (ANNEXURE-09). Circular dated

20.10.2023;

B. Respondent No. 4 may kindly be directed to immediately

reconsider the Petitioner's application and issue the EWS

Certificate within a strict time frame, preferably within one

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week, in accordance with the State's policy for migrated

married women who are not entitled to OBC reservation.

C. Pass any other appropriate order deemed fit and proper

in the interest of justice and to prevent irreparable harm to

the Petitioner's career.”

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the

respondents have erroneously declined to issue the EWS

certificate in favour of the petitioner solely on the premise that

she has an OBC certificate issued by the State of Haryana whereas

as per circular dated 20.10.2023 (Annexure-9), any woman who

migrates to the State of Rajasthan after marriage, although would

not be entitled for the benefit qua OBC category but then would

definitely be entitled for Issuance of an EWS certificate as a

General category candidate, if she belongs to the EWS category.

3. Learned counsel for the respondent-State is not in a position

to refute the above submission in terms of circular dated

20.10.2023 (Annexure-9).

4. It is an admitted position that the petitioner has migrated to

the State of Rajasthan after her marriage. It is also an admitted

position that she has been denied the issuance of an EWS

certificate solely on the premise that her OBC category certificate

was issued by the State of Haryana. Furthermore, it is an

admitted position that the petitioner applied for the EWS

certificate considering herself to be a General category candidate.

5. Circular dated 20.10.2023 (Annexure-9)

provides as under:

"अ्቗ रा्ቋ की महि(cid:10)ला को ओ.बी.सी. ्ቚमाण प्ቔ के आंधार पर

राजस्थान में हिकसी भी भቔኍ(cid:31) में ओ.बी.सी. व्ቇ" का आर्ቌण देय न(cid:10)ी ं (cid:10)ै, पर्ቌु

ओ.बी.सी. ्ቚमाण प्ቔ के आधार पर उसे आर्ቌण के अलावा अ्቗ लाभ ्ቚा्቎ (cid:10)ो

सकቔኍे (cid:10)ैं। अቔኍः अ्቗ रा्ቋ की कोई ओ.बी.सी. युवቔኍी राजस्थान में हिकसी

ओ.बी.सी. युवक से शादी करቔኍी (cid:10)ै और उसने राजस्थान में ओ.बी.सी. का

्ቚमाण प्ቔ न(cid:10)ीं बनवाया (cid:10)ै ቔኍो उसे राजस्थान में सामा्቗ व्ቇ" की मानቔኍे हुए

ई.डኚᮍू.एस. का ्ቚमाण प्ቔ जारी हिकया जा सकቔኍा (cid:10)ै। ऐसी युवቔኍी को ई.डኚᮍू.

एस. का ्ቚमाण प्ቔ के आधार पर भहिቔኍ"यों में ई. डኚᮍू एस. आर्ቌण का

लाभहिमल सकቔኍा (cid:10)ै।

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अ्቗ रा्ቋो ं के आरहि्ቌቔኍ व्ቇ7 के ऐसे अ्ቜथ(cid:31) जो हिववा(cid:10)ोपरा्ቌ राजस्थान

रा्ቋ के मूल हिनवासी बन ्ቇये (cid:10)ै, को ई.डኚᮍू. ए