Bhuneshwar Sao v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur — WPS No. 431 of 2020, decided 13/02/2025 by Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi, J. — Bhuneshwar Sao v. State of Chhattisgarh & others — recruitment of contingency paid employees (post of Peon) under advertisement dated 02.6.2012; OBC candidate claimed five bonus marks for below-poverty-line (BPL) status; bonus marks denied because petitioner failed to submit original ration card and year-specific BPL certificate / BPL Survey List 1997 despite communication dated 04.10.2014 (Annexure-P/4), submitting only a photocopy of the ration card on 08.10.2014 (Annexure-P/6); representation rejected by order dated 05.11.2019 (Annexure-P/1) of respondent no. 3; writ petition under Article 226 dismissed at the motion stage; no precedent relied upon.
What did the court decide?
The necessary documents required for grant of the 05 bonus marks were not submitted by the petitioner — his BPL certificate did not mention the year to which it pertained, and though informed many times for submission of his original ration card and BPL Survey List 1997, he submitted only a photocopy of his ration card on 08.10.2014 and never the original — therefore he was not granted the 05 bonus marks.