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Specific cases emphasize that depriving candidates of employment due to administrative delays or procedural lapses violates constitutional rights and principles of fairness ["Shipra Tewary D/o Late Birendra Nath Tewary VS Coal India Limited - Jharkhand"].
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References:- ["HAFIZUR RAHAMAN vs STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS. - Calcutta"]- ["HIMANSHU S. MEHTA VS STATE - Gujarat"]- ["Anup Mula vs West Bengal Power Development Corporation Limited - Calcutta"]- ["Bhagwan Singh Rathore VS State of Rajasthan - Rajasthan"]- ["Bhagwan Singh Rathore VS State of Rajasthan - Rajasthan"]- ["Vijay s/o Dinkar Wagh vs State of Maharashtra - Bombay"]- ["Mukesh Kumar Dubey VS Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), through its Chairman-cum-Managing Director - Jharkhand"]- ["The Telangana State Power Generation Corporation vs Qumuruddin Khan - Telangana"]- ["KAILASH DAN vs STATE REVENUE and ORS - Rajasthan"]- ["KAILASH DAN vs STATE REVENUE and ORS - Rajasthan"]- ["KAILASH DAN vs STATE REVENUE and ORS - Rajasthan"]- ["Shipra Tewary D/o Late Birendra Nath Tewary VS Coal India Limited - Jharkhand"]
Imagine waiting over 15 years for a land loser certificate, only to miss out on a promised job because you've crossed the age limit. This frustrating scenario raises a critical question: due to delay in granting land loser certificate for more than 15 years, the candidate deprived from employment due to cross of age. Many affected individuals face this injustice, but courts have stepped in to address administrative lapses. In this post, we dive into key legal findings, court precedents, and potential remedies, helping you understand your rights.
Note: This is general information based on legal precedents and not specific legal advice. Consult a qualified lawyer for your case.
Courts have recognized that prolonged delays by authorities in issuing land loser certificates—often exceeding 15 years—can unfairly deprive eligible candidates of employment under land loser schemes. When such delays cause candidates to exceed age limits, judicial intervention may provide relief through age relaxations or special considerations. This stems from the principle that procedural lapses by the state should not penalize innocent parties. Eastern Coalfields Ltd. VS Sk. Amjad Maji - 2020 0 Supreme(Cal) 345S. K. Amjad Maji VS Coal India Limited - 2019 0 Supreme(Cal) 515
Key points include:- Acknowledgment of Authority Delays: Courts note that delays attributable to officials deprive eligible candidates of opportunities. Eastern Coalfields Ltd. VS Sk. Amjad Maji - 2020 0 Supreme(Cal) 345S. K. Amjad Maji VS Coal India Limited - 2019 0 Supreme(Cal) 515- Strict Eligibility with Exceptions: Age limits are generally enforced, but exceptions arise from unreasonable delays. Eastern Coalfields Ltd. VS Sk. Amjad Maji - 2020 0 Supreme(Cal) 345S. K. Amjad Maji VS Coal India Limited - 2019 0 Supreme(Cal) 515- Potential Relaxations: In special cases, courts may allow participation in recruitment despite over-age status. Eastern Coalfields Ltd. VS Sk. Amjad Maji - 2020 0 Supreme(Cal) 345Sukumar Pal VS Eastern Coalfield Limited - 2024 0 Supreme(Cal) 1300
Administrative delays in land acquisition certification processes hit hard. Candidates eligible at the time of land acquisition often find themselves over-aged by the time certificates are issued, blocking job access. In one pivotal case, the court highlighted: the delay caused by the respondents in taking decision cannot be attributed to the petitioners, and a class of candidates who were otherwise eligible and had participated to get a job under the 2022 recruitment process was deprived of the same due to cancellation of the said recruitment process and is now being eliminated from participating in the 2024 selection process on having become over-aged during the interregnum (para 12-14). Eastern Coalfields Ltd. VS Sk. Amjad Maji - 2020 0 Supreme(Cal) 345
Similarly, long certification delays directly impact employment eligibility, with courts sensitive to these injustices. S. K. Amjad Maji VS Coal India Limited - 2019 0 Supreme(Cal) 515
This mirrors broader judicial trends. For instance, in compassionate appointment cases, delays leading to age bar issues have prompted scrutiny: Only after crossing the upper age limit for appointment, she chose to file the writ petition. Yet, where blame lies with the employer, relief is considered. Usha Kumari Bhuiya @ Bhuia @ Usha Bhuiya @ Bhuia VS Eastern Coalfields Limited - 2023 Supreme(Cal) 176
Courts often relax age limits when delays are not the candidate's fault. A landmark example: candidates from a 2022 process, over-aged by November 2024 due to delays, were permitted to join the 2024 recruitment. The court emphasized: the candidates who had participated in the 2022 recruitment process and have become over-aged as on 1st November, 2024 should be allowed to participate in the recruitment process of 2024 (para 15). Sukumar Pal VS Eastern Coalfield Limited - 2024 0 Supreme(Cal) 1300
Related precedents reinforce this. In public employment, age relaxation has been granted for candidates over-aged due to unfilled vacancies: age relaxation in respect of those candidates who become over-aged due to not filling up the possessing eligibility with reference to age limit. KAILASH DAN vs STATE REVENUE and ORS
Even in non-land contexts, like service dismissals from convictions without service nexus, courts suspend penalties to prevent irreparable loss: Due to dismissal from service the applicant is deprived of from his retiral benefits and in old age he is in financial difficulty. RAMESH CHANDRA s/o NIRBHAY SINGH VS STATE OF M. P. - 2016 Supreme(MP) 1123
Relief isn't automatic. Courts stress:- Exceptional Nature: Relaxations are case-specific and one-time: age relaxation to the candidates who participated in the 2022 recruitment process as an one time measure depending on the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case shall create no precedence in case of other recruitment processes (para 18). Eastern Coalfields Ltd. VS Sk. Amjad Maji - 2020 0 Supreme(Cal) 345- Strict Adherence Otherwise: Eligibility rules hold unless delays prove administrative fault. Eastern Coalfields Ltd. VS Sk. Amjad Maji - 2020 0 Supreme(Cal) 345- No Candidate Blame: Relief fails if delays stem from the applicant's inaction. Usha Kumari Bhuiya @ Bhuia @ Usha Bhuiya @ Bhuia VS Eastern Coalfields Limited - 2023 Supreme(Cal) 176
In retiral benefits delays, interest is awarded for employer lapses: an employee is entitled to interest on belated payment of pension and other retiral benefits, even in the absence of statutory rules. Cardamom Planters' Association College, through its Secretary & Correspondent VS Mrs. G. Selva - 2015 Supreme(Mad) 2302
Delays causing losses appear across domains:- Loan and Project Delays: Deficiency in service from delayed sanctions leads to compensation, akin to certification hold-ups. DELHI FINANCIAL CORPORATION VS SAROJ GUPTA- Land Disputes: While revenue courts handle mutations, civil courts defer unless title issues arise substantially. Gurbir Singh VS Narinder Kaur - 2011 Supreme(P&H) 1914
These illustrate courts' equity focus when authorities falter, applicable to land loser schemes.
If facing similar delays:- Seek Prompt Remedies: File writs or representations claiming relaxation, citing delay attribution.- Document Everything: Prove eligibility at acquisition and authority lapses.- Advocate for Systemic Change: Push authorities for timelines in certification.
Authorities should streamline processes to uphold equity. Courts continue prioritizing substantive justice over rigid rules.
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He asserts that due to the delayed issuance of the certificate, the petitioner has been deprived of the opportunity to apply as a candidate under the exempted category. ... Following such acquisition, the petitioner applied for a certificate declaring him as a candidate under the exempted category. However, the certificate was issued only in 2024, almost 15 years later. ... He submits that the delay in issuing the certific....
( 2 ) THE petitioner, an employee of Gujarat Dairy Development Corporation, Gandhinagar through this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a declaration that the action of the respondent-Corporation in not granting ... Job Experience (For Direct Recruitment): 2 Years experience for diploma holders OR 5 Yrs. experience for certificate holders as a design Draughtsman.
Thus in view of the Government Circular dated 06.04.2005 though they were eligible, however, due to crossing the age of 45 years, the petitioners have been deprived from being absorbed in the employment of Respondent No.3. ... Reported in 2010 4 SCC 290 while dealing with an aspect of the candidates having became age bar for inaction and delay on the part of the authorities in the case of their promotions has held that delay that deprived the employ....
Persons belonging to the families of land losers: Candidates hailing from families who might have been uprooted from their places of residence due to acquisition of homestead land by the Government or whose main source of income is substantially affected due to loss of agricultural land as a result of ... He approached this Hon’ble Court after an inordinate delay of over four decades, seeking employment under the land loser category (WPA 15142 of 201....
According to Rule 4, only such persons who have obtained Patwar School Certificate become eligible for appointment as Patwari, additional Patwari or Assistant Office Qanungo; and, for acquiring the Patwar School Certificate the candidate is required to obtain patwar training from the Patwar Training ... up the vacancies in particular year when the candidate was possessing eligibility with reference to age limit. ... Not only in this case but in other services also, the State Government has not undertake....
According to Rule 4, only such persons who have obtained Patwar School Certificate become eligible for appointment as Patwari, additional Patwari or Assistant Office Qanungo; and, for acquiring the Patwar School Certificate the candidate is required to obtain patwar training from the Patwar Training ... up the vacancies in particular year when the candidate was possessing eligibility with reference to age limit. ... Not only in this case but in other services also, the State Government has not undertake....
Only after crossing the upper age limit for appointment, she chose to file the writ petition. The writ petitioner, in the present case, did not cross the upper age limit for appointment on compassionate ground on the date of filing of the writ petition. ... If no employment has been offered and the male dependant of the concerned worker is 12 years and above in age, he will be kept on a live roster and would be provided employment commensurate with his skill and qualifications when he ....
It appears that neither the petitioner’s grandfather nor his father was interested in getting employment in lieu of acquisition of the land in question at the relevant time, however, after attaining the age of majority, the petitioner has pursued for employment. 7. ... Needless to say that petitioners or their ancestors were not deprived of their land without following the procedure established in law. Their land was taken under the Land Acquisition Act. They were pai....
taken into consideration and that it was decided to accept the age of the candidate as confirmed by the Medical Board. ... The certificate issued by MRO dated Nil.12.1988 shows that the age of the Writ Petitioner is 14 years. ... In such circumstances, Courts or other relevant authorities are to be guided by the fact that for such prolonged period of delay, the family of the deceased was able to sustain themselves, most probably by availing gainful employment from some other source #H....
age relaxation in respect of those candidates who become over-aged due to not filling up the possessing eligibility with reference to age limit. ... In public employment it is the duty of the welfare on the part of the State Government large number of qualified candidates cross ... age relaxation of three years in maximum age prescribed.
As the quantum of the land of the petitioner's grandfather which were partly purchased in 1983 and partly in 1985, was less than 2 acres, the petitioner was not entitled to get any employment under the scheme. He urged that more than 27 years have lapsed from the date of purchase of the lands and no employment could not given due to such delay.
The power of suspension of conviction has to be exercised only in rare cases depending on special facts of the case, The case of the applicant comes within the category of rare case, therefore, conviction be suspended till pendency of this Revision otherwise the applicant No. 1 has to suffer irreparable loss, which cannot be compensated. The conviction under section 498-A of Indian Penal Code has no nexus with the service of the applicant No. 1. Due to dismissal from service the applicant is deprived of from his retiral benefits and in old age he is in financial difficulty.....
In the abovesaid circumstances, W.P.No.7428 of 2012, has been filed for a Mandamus, directing the respondents therein, to pay the terminal benefits, with interest at the rate of 12% per annum. The college has failed to enclose the ''No Due Certificate'', which caused the delay of more than six months. 4. Though the proposal was forwarded by the Management on 12.01.2012, terminal benefits were not paid to the petitioner for more than six months.
Due to delay in sanction from the DFC, the machinery supply was delayed by more than seven months. It was alleged that while the complainant wanted to purchase the machine from M/s. Aparna Mechanical Industries, Calcutta the DFC placed orders on M/s. Illumina Lamps Private limited, Calcutta. This delayed the trial production by three months resulting in the loss as rent for the factory-building, water electricity and security charges were to be paid during the entire period. Further, the complainant had sought working capital loan from a bank in August 1990.
Nos 3 to 15 had sold the land more than their due share. Gurdial Singh and Avtar Singh never challenged the said mutation during their life time hence neither the plaintiffs nor other defendants are left with no right, title or interest in the suit land and they are not in possession of any part of the said land. Plaintiffs and their predecessors-in-interest had full knowledge about the sanctioning of mutation No.1002 in the year 1954.
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