Rajneesh Kumar Pandey v. State of U.P. and 2 Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Allahabad High Court writ dismissal decided 24.7.2025 by Hon'ble Ajit Kumar, J. Case: WRIT - A No. 8074 of 2025; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:126153; Court No. 4. Petitioner Rajneesh Kumar Pandey v. State Of U.P. And 2 Others. Petitioner scored 45.75 against the last EWS-category cut-off of 46.00 (last selected candidate); respondents' counsel submitted no waiting-list provision existed against available vacancies; instructions taken on record; petition dismissed. Counsel: Pradeep Kumar Verma, Satyendra Kumar Dwivedi, Vani Tiwari (petitioner); C.S.C., Prabhakar Awasthi, Saroj Tripathi (respondents). Keywords: EWS category, cut-off marks, waiting list, recruitment selection, Uttar Pradesh, writ petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
Instructions obtained by the respondents and taken on record showed that the petitioner had obtained 45.75 marks, i.e., lesser marks than the last cut-off marks of 46.00 of the selected candidate in the EWS category.