Dismissed¶25

Km Poonam Dahni v. The State of Bihar

Patna HC8 Jul 2025CWJC/10334/2025

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

CSBC Bihar constable recruitment Advertisement No. 01/2023; category mismatch; clause 16(viii); out-of-State (Uttar Pradesh) candidate applying in reserved E.B.C. category; automatic cancellation of candidature; demand for video recording of physical test and disclosure of marks; representation to authorities unanswered; writ petition dismissed by Patna High Court (Harish Kumar, J) on 08-07-2025.

What did the court decide?

Clause 16(viii) of Advertisement No. 01 of 2023 stipulates that a person who is a resident of a different State must file the requisite application under the unreserved category, and if such a person claims reservation by filing in a reserved category, the application shall be automatically cancelled. ¶20

Km Poonam Dahni Vs The State of Bihar — Patna HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Dismissed

¶25

Issue for consideration

Whether the respondent authorities should be directed to produce the video recording of the physical test and the marks obtained by the petitioner in the selection process conducted by the Central Selection Board of Constable under Advertisement No. 01/2023. +1 more

¶16

Ratio / Principle

¶20

Key takeaways

Since the petitioner, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, filed her application under the reserved category, her candidature came to be rejected/cancelled on account of category mismatch in terms with clause 16(viii) of the advertisement; the Court therefore found no reason to interfere and dismissed the writ petition (thereby declining to order production of the physical-test video recording and marks).ratio¶24

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Judicature at Patna (Harish Kumar, J) — CWJC No.10334 of 2025, decided 08-07-2025. A candidate who was not selected in the Central Selection Board of Constable recruitment (Advertisement No. 01/2023), despite doing well in the written and physical examination and being accorded gate pass for document verification, sought a direction for production of the video recording of the physical test and the marks obtained by her. The Court was informed that the petitioner is a resident of Uttar Pradesh; under clause 16(viii) of Advertisement No. 01 of 2023, a resident of another State must apply in the unreserved category, and an application filed in a reserved category (here, E.B.C.) is automatically cancelled. Her candidature having been rejected on account of category mismatch in terms with clause 16(viii), the Court found no reason to interfere and dismissed the writ petition.

¶1

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.10334 of 2025

¶2

======================================================

¶3

Km Poonam Dahni, D/o of Ram Sahni, Resident of Mohalla-Kariram, P.O. Nuaon P.S.-Nuaon, District-Kaimur (Bhabua).

¶4

... ... Petitioner/s

¶5

Versus

¶6

The State of Bihar.

¶7

The Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar, Patna.

¶8

The Examination Controller, the Central Selection Board of Constable, Bihar, Patna.

¶9

The Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Bihar, Patna.

¶10

The Inspector General, Bihar, Patna.

¶11

... ... Respondent/s

¶12

====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Sumit Kumar, Adv. For the Respondent/s : Mrs. Nutan Sahay, AC to AAG-12 For the C.S.B.C. : Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Adv. Mr. Binod Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Vivek Anand Amritesh, Adv. ======================================================

¶13

CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

¶14

2 08-07-2025 Heard the parties.

¶15

The petitioner has approached this Court seeking a

¶16

direction upon the respondent authorities to produce the video recording of the physical test and marks obtained by the petitioner in the selection process conducted by the Central Selection Board of Constable under Advertisement No. 01/2023.

¶17

It is the contention of the petitioner that despite having all the requisite qualification and doing well in written and physical examination; as also she was accorded gate pass to verify the requisite documents, she has not been selected in an

¶18

Patna High Court CWJC No.10334 of 2025(2) dt.08-07-2025 2/3

¶19

arbitrary manner. The aforesaid facts has also been brought on record by filing a representation before all the authorities concerned, but no action has been taken, hence the present writ petition.

¶20

Mr. Sanjay Pandey, learned Advocate for the Central Selection Board of Constable, on instruction, informed this Court that from the materials available on record, it is evident that the petitioner was the resident of Uttar Pradesh and therefore, in terms of clause 16(viii) of Advertisement No. 01 of 2023, she could not have been allowed the benefit of reservation; nonetheless, she had submitted her application under the E.B.C. category. The aforesaid clause further stipulates that in case any person, who is the resident of different State, he/she should file requisite application under the unreserved category. In case of claiming reservation by filing his/her application in reserved category, in such circumstances, his/her application shall be automatically cancelled.

¶21

In the case in hand, since the petitioner has filed her application under the reserved category, despite the fact she is the resident of Uttar Pradesh and, as such, her candidature came to be cancelled on account of category mismatch.

¶22

Considering the submissions set forth by learned

¶23

Patna High Court CWJC No.10334 of 2025(2) dt.08-07-2025 3/3

¶24

Advocate for the parties and taking note of the fact that on account of category mismatch, her candidature came to be rejected in terms with clause 16(viii) of the subjected advertisement, this Court does not find any reason to interfere in the present writ petition.

¶25

Accordingly, the same stands dismissed.

¶26

(Harish Kumar, J)

¶27

supratim/-

¶28

Km Poonam Dahni v. The State of Bihar

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Km Poonam Dahni v. The State of Bihar

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

What the court decided

Issues for consideration

Procedural history

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Paras Nath Singh Vs The State of Bihar

Vidyadhar Mishra Vs The State of Bihar

Kumari Rita Bharti @ Rita Kumari Vs The State of Bihar

Ranjeet Paswan Vs The State of Bihar

Rashmi Rekha Vs The State of Bihar

Umesh Kumar Vs The State of Bihar