Alexpandiyan M v. Union of India & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Delay and laches; stale cause of action; successive representations cannot extend limitation; limitation reckoned from date of termination or rejection of first representation (12.11.2021); suppression of criminal antecedents (FIR No. 104/2012, PS M. Kallupatti, Madurai) in recruitment application; provisional appointment as Constable (GD) 2017; services dispensed with 2021; claimed acquittal 27.04.2023; writ petition filed 2026; Union of India; W.P.(C) 5848/2026; Delhi High Court; petition dismissed.
What did the court decide?
For purposes of limitation, a challenge to the termination would run from the date of termination or, at the highest, from the date of rejection of the first representation (order dated 12.11.2021); the Petitioner cannot revive a stale cause of action by making successive representations. ¶17