2026 INSC 242 Non-Reportable IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION Civil Appeal Nos…..…of 2026 [@Special Leave Petition (C) Nos.29192-29195 of 2024]

Shiny C.J. & Ors.

...Appellants Versus Shalini Sreenivasan & Ors. Etc.

...Respondents W I T H Civil Appeal Nos…..…of 2026 [@Special Leave Petition (C) Nos.1148-1149 of 2025]

Civil Appeal No…..…of 2026 [@Special Leave Petition (C) No.1791 of 2025 Civil Appeal No…..…of 2026 [@Special Leave Petition (C) No.3973 of 2026]

J U D G M E N T

K. Vinod Chandran, J.

Leave granted.

2. Whether Anganwadi Workers having a Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) with 10 years’ experience, by reason of having possessed or obtained a Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by b D a a b te it : a 2 p 0 a 2 n 6 d .0 e 3 y .16 graduate degree; in their eligibility to apply for vacancies Reason:

of Supervisors in the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) should be confined to the 11% earmarked for graduates? Whether by such earmarking of vacancies for graduates are they excluded from applying under the 29% vacancies available to Anganwadi Workers holding an SSLC certificate and 10 years’ experience, for reason only of possessing a high