Case brief
What is this about?
WP(C) 4241/2023, Gauhati High Court, N. Unni Krishnan Nair, J., order dated 10.06.2026 - compassionate appointment; death in harness 24.02.2010 (Junior Assistant, Circle Officer Udharbond Revenue Circle, Cachar); application on attaining majority on 07.01.2019; DLC found no vacancy in 5% quota (meetings 28.06.2021 and 02.02.2022); Clause 15 of OM dated 01.06.2015 route held uncalled for (OM post-dated death); SLC rejection on minority ground (meeting 16.08.2022) held erroneous but non-violative; delay/stale claim doctrine; earlier WP(C) 5370/2021 withdrawn per Coordinate Bench order 07.10.2021; Achyut Ranjan Das (2006) 4 GLT 674 referred by respondent counsel; State of West Bengal vs. Debabrata Tiwari, 2025 (5) SCC 712 relied on; petition dismissed, no costs.
What did the court decide?
The State Level Committee erroneously rejected the Petitioner's application by holding that, at the time of the application, the Petitioner was less than 18 years of age.