Santoshi Devi v. the Union of India and Ors.
Service law – selection of Labour Inspectors, Andaman and Nicobar Administration
Case brief
What is this about?
WP.CT/47/2024, High Court at Calcutta (Circuit Bench at Port Blair), decided December 09, 2024 (Amrita Sinha, J.; Uday Kumar, J.). Challenge to CAT order dated 21.11.2024 vacating interim order dated 08.07.2024 in O.A. concerning selection of Labour Inspectors in the Andaman and Nicobar Administration; fresh selection after scrapping of initial process over answer-key errors; 93 of 100 questions evaluated; balance of convenience; final selection subject to leave of Tribunal; no change in circumstances contention rejected; liberty to argue all points at final hearing; petition disposed of without costs.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the writ petition was disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to raise all points before the Tribunal at the time of final hearing, and with no order as to costs. ¶24