Prudeta
Prudeta
2026 INSC 330
📌 Paras 1-18
The appeal concerns a recruitment notification for Junior Engineer (Civil) Grade II posts, which included one vacancy reserved for Unreserved Persons with Disabilities - Low Vision (UR PWD-LV). The notification stipulated that if a qualified UR PWD-LV candidate was unavailable, the vacancy could be filled by PWD candidates from other categories based on merit. Respondent No. 3, an OBC-A candidate also belonging to the PWD-LV category, scored higher marks than Respondent No. 1, a UR PWD-LV candidate. The appellant appointed Respondent No. 3 to the UR PWD-LV post. Respondent No. 1 challenged this, arguing that as a qualified UR PWD-LV candidate, the post should have been offered to him. The Single Bench dismissed the challenge, but the Division B
The bench further analyzed the constitutional validity of the impugned provisions and discussed the interpretation of Articles 14 and 21 in light of recent precedents...
Citing the ratio in prior decisions, the court held that the legislative intent was to ensure...
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