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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4247/2026

Poonam Kumari D/o Hari Kishan Widow Of Moti Lal Sahu, Aged About 43 Years, R/o Gujran Hathai, Bichadali Mohalla, District

Beawar.

----Petitioner Versus

Rajasthan Staff Selection Board, State Institute Of Agriculture Management Premises, Durgapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan Through Its

Secretary.

----Respondent Connected With

S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2674/2026 Usha Nehra D/o Jagdish Prasad Nehra, Widow Of Virendra Kumar Choudhary, Aged About 32 Years, R/o Village Giruri, Tehsil

Bansoor, District Kotputli-Behror.

----Petitioner Versus

Rajasthan Staff Selection Board, State Institute Of Agriculture Management Premises, Durgapura, Jaipur, Rajasthan Through Its

Secretary ----Respondent

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Amit Jindal For Respondent(s) : Mr. Kartikeya Sharma

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANAND SHARMA

Order

27/03/2026

1. Both the above writ petitions have been filed by the petitioners with almost similar facts, cause of action and question of consideration, hence, both the petitions have been heard

together and are being decided by this common order.

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[2026:RJ-JP:12761] (2 of 3) [CW-4247/2026] 2. These writ petitions have been filed by the petitioners seeking issuance of direction to the respondents to correct petitioners' category from "OBC Female" to "OBC Widow" and to consider their candidature under "OBC Widow" category for appointment on the post of Class-IV Employee advertised vide

notification No. 19/2024.

3. It is noticed that death certificate of alleged husband of the petitioner in S.B.CWP No.4247/2026 has been placed on record by the petitioner on 06.02.2026 i.e. much after the date of result and no document whatsoever has been placed on record to show that the petitioner-Poonam had performed marriage with Late Moti Lal

Sahu at any point of time.

4. It is only after declaration of result, when the petitioners found that the they have not secured proper place in the selection list as per the category filed by them, they submitted applications for rectification, which were not entertainable as per

the Scheme of examination declared by respondent-Board.

5. It is settled proposition of law that category of the candidate cannot be allowed to be changed at subsequent stage, as held by the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court at Principal Seat, Jodhpur in D.B. Civil Writ Petition No.15900/2021 (Mustak Khan Vs. The Rajasthan High Court Jodhpur & Ors.), the relevant portion of the aforesaid order is reproduced as

hereunder:-

"5. On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents while relying on the judgment of this Court in Sunil Bhanwariya v. Registrar, Examination Cell, RHC, Jodhpur & Anr. submits that the petitioner having participated in the preliminary examination in the General category cannot raise this issue at belated stage after

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declaration of the result for the post of District Judge.

8. In the considered opinion of this Court, having participated in the examination and knowing that he has applied in the General category, he cannot be allowed to change his category from General to OBC (NCL) category. No prima facie case is made out by the petitioner. He did not file any proof to the effect that he made any endeavour to change his category in the

application form from General to OBC (NCL)."

6. In the light of above discussion as well as the observations made by the Division Bench of this Court, this Court does not find any ground to interfere in the instant writ petitions

and, the same, are hereby, dismissed.

7. Pending application(s), if any, shall stand disposed of.

8. Office is directed to place copy of this order on record

of the connected matter.

(ANAND SHARMA),J

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