Satender Kumar Sahu v. National Education Society for Tribal Students & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
NESTS recruitment advertisement 2023; PwBD Visually Impaired reserved category; disability category objection; Blind (B) versus Low Vision (LV) sub-category; candidature rejection; Post Graduate Teacher Hindi; Trained Graduate Teacher Social Studies; objection withdrawn by NESTS; representation to NESTS within two weeks; consideration by appropriate committee; personal hearing before adverse decision; decision within eight weeks; rights and remedies reserved; Preeti Sharma vs. NESTS W.P.(C) 10017/2024 order dated 25.04.2025; Delhi High Court; Justice Prateek Jalan; 14.05.2025; W.P.(C) 9002/2024; CM APPL. 36906/2024; W.P.(C) 9059/2024; CM APPL. 37028/2024; Satender Kumar Sahu; Yashwant Yadav; Union of India; Amartya Ashish Sharan.
What did the court decide?
Both writ petitions and pending applications disposed of in terms of the parties' submissions and the paragraph 9 directions of the order dated 25.04.2025 in Preeti Sharma: petitioners to submit representations to NESTS within two weeks with supporting documents; NESTS to consider the representations, if necessary by constitution of appropriate committee(s) and seeking clarifications from educational institutions/statutory authorities and the candidates; candidates to be called for personal hearing if any adverse decision is proposed; decisions to be communicated to the concerned candidates within eight weeks; rights and remedies of the petitioners remain reserved.