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Punam Devi W/O Late Vijayveer D/O Mahendra Singh v. State of Rajasthan

Rajasthan HC10 Feb 2026CW/2672/2026

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What is this about?

EWS certificate Rajasthan; Economically Weaker Section; Circular dated 20.10.2023; OBC certificate of another State; woman married in Rajasthan; General category treatment; Sunita Rani Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors., S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.9180/2025 (Principal Seat, Jodhpur), order dated 26.05.2025; Punam Devi; Kotputli-Behror; four-week compliance direction; disposal of writ petition; Ganesh Ram Meena, J.; Sudhir Yadav; V.D. Gathala AGC.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition disposed of in terms of directions: respondents to consider petitioner's application for issuance of EWS certificate and, upon compliance with prescribed conditions, issue the same in accordance with law within four weeks; earlier rejection not to preclude reconsideration; stay application and pending applications also disposed of. ¶30

Punam Devi W/O Late Vijayveer D/O Mahendra Singh Vs State of Rajasthan — Rajasthan HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents should consider and issue an EWS certificate to the petitioner, in light of the Co-ordinate Bench decision in Sunita Rani and Circular dated 20.10.2023.

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Court's answer

The respondents shall consider the application, if any, submitted by the petitioner for issuance of EWS certificate.

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Ratio / Principle

If the petitioner complies with all the other conditions as prescribed for issuance of EWS certificate, the certificate shall be issued in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from today.

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Key takeaways

The earlier rejection of the petitioner's application would not preclude the competent authority from reconsidering the application.ratio¶31

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

EWS certificate - issuance to woman from another State married in Rajasthan. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the issue of issuance of EWS certificate has been put to rest by the Co-ordinate Bench, Principal Seat at Jodhpur, in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.9180/2025 (Sunita Rani Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.), order dated 26.05.2025, wherein (per Circular dated 20.10.2023, reproduced in Hindi) a woman from another State who marries in Rajasthan and has not obtained an OBC certificate there may be issued an EWS certificate treating her as a General category candidate. Counsel for the respondents-State undertook to consider the petitioner's application in the light of Circular dated 20.10.2023. Following Sunita Rani, the Court (Ganesh Ram Meena, J.) directed the respondents to consider the petitioner's application and, if she complies with all other prescribed conditions, to issue the EWS certificate in accordance with law within four weeks; the earlier rejection of the application would not preclude reconsideration. Petition, stay application and pending applications disposed of.

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[2026:RJ-JP:6231]

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR

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S.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 2672/2026

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Punam Devi W/o Late Vijayveer D/o Mahendra Singh, Aged About 36 Years, R/o Village Gadoj, Tehsil Behror, District Kotputli - Behror (Raj.).

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----Petitioner

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Versus

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State Of Rajasthan, Through Secretary, Social Justice And Empowerment Department, Secretariat, Jaipur.

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District Collector, Kotputli - Behror, Rajasthan.

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Sub Divisional Magistrate, Behror, District Kotputli - Behror, Rajasthan.

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Tehsildar, Behror, District Kotputli - Behror, Rajasthan.

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----Respondents

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For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sudhir Yadav, Mr. Rajesh Kumar Yadav For Respondent(s) : Mr. V.D. Gathala, AGC Ms. Preeti Soni

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GANESH RAM MEENA

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Order

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10/02/2026

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Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the issue as regards the issuance of EWS certificate has been put to rest by the Co-ordinate Bench, Principal Seat at Jodhpur in S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.9180/2025 (Sunita Rani Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors.) vide its order dated 26.05.2025.

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Learned counsel appearing for the respondents-State submits that the respondents authorities will consider the application of the petitioner for issuance of EWS certificate in the light of Circular dated 20.10.2023.

(2 of 3)

[2026:RJ-JP:6231]

[CW-2672/2026]

3. The Co-ordinate Bench in case of Sunita Rani (supra) observed as under:-

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“4. It is an admitted position that the petitioner has migrated to the State of Rajasthan after her marriage. It is also an admitted position that she has been denied the issuance of an EWS certificate solely on the premise that her OBC category certificate was issued by the State of Haryana. Furthermore, it is an admitted position that the petitioner applied for the EWS certificate considering herself to be a General category candidate.

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Circular dated 20.10.2023 (Annexure-9) provides as under:

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In view of the above specific Clause, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent authorities to consider the application (Annexure-5) of the petitioner as filed for issuance of an EWS certificate. If the petitioner complies with all the other conditions as prescribed for issuance of an EWS certificate, she be issued the same in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from now. The earlier rejection of the application would not preclude the competent authority from reconsidering the application.”

[2026:RJ-JP:6231]

[CW-2672/2026]

(3 of 3)

In view of the above, the present writ petition is also disposed of as under:-

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(i) The respondents shall consider the application, if any, submitted by the petitioner for issuance of EWS certificate. If the petitioner complies with all the other conditions as prescribed for issuance of EWS certificate, she be issued the same in accordance with law within a period of four weeks from today. The earlier rejection of the application would not preclude the competent authority from reconsidering the application.

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Stay application as well as pending application, if any, also stands disposed of.

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(GANESH RAM MEENA),J

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SHRUTI SHARMA /32

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