Allowed
Subilal Narzary and Anr. v. Bodoland Territorial Council and 4 Ors.
Gauhati HCWP(C)/7408/2023
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
RCCC-trained candidates nominated by Autonomous Councils challenged their exclusion from a one-time recruitment to Land Records Assistant posts under Rule 5(1A). The Court held the classification failed the rational nexus test and violated Articles 14, 15 and 16, struck down the exclusion in the amendment rule and advertisement, and allowed eligible petitioners to participate.
What did the court decide?
Exclusion in Rule 5(1A) of the 2025 Amendment Rules and in Advertisement dated 14.03.2026 struck down; petitioners permitted to participate in selection if otherwise eligible.