Madhumita Santra v. Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Compassionate appointment; rejection based on merit points (petitioner 75 vs last recommended candidate 77); Circle Relaxation Committee; parity/comparison between select lists of different years impermissible (2019 vacancies considered 12.05.2022 vs 2020 vacancies examined 30.06.2023); lesser meritorious candidate argument (Sri Santosh Yadav, 68 merit points, page-96 list); tribunal O.A. Nos. 350/00698/2022 and 350/01170/2023; speaking order dated 10.10.2022; impugned tribunal order dated 06.08.2025; admission declined; writ petition dismissed. Relevant to research on cross-year candidate comparison in compassionate appointment selections and on challenges to tribunal rejections of representations for compassionate appointment.
What did the court decide?
The petitioner's claim was considered against earmarked vacancies for the year 2019 on 12.05.2022, so her rejection order was in relation to the 2019 vacancy.