applicant was not
appointed on the ground that he was overaged.
III. The applicant was called for screening on 25.10.2002 along with two
others ... absorbed on the
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ground that he was overaged. All others who were juniors to him were
absorbed. Aggrieved
they have been deprived 'of
participating in the recruitment process being overaged.
"2:1. It is also-the grievance' of the applicaiits ... Since same
has been notified after long time and the applicant became overaged
by that time, therefore, the applicants have requested the respondents
to enhance
category-
AWW. If applicant considered against UR category (75%)
vacancies she is overage by 0 1 year 10 months 03 days
and thereby not eligible ... being overage. If here candidature
was consider under AWW category (25%) then also she was
not eligible as not having 10 years experience as Anganwadi
selected for the
year 2012 presumably on the ground that they
were overage. In the year 2000, 27 persons
were regularized whose names are mentioned ... claim of
the applicants was not considered on the ground
of being overaged. Consequently, the applicants
moved
candidature has been rejected by
the respondents for the reason "overage". Ventilating her
grievance, the applicant has preferred this OA, seeking
the following ... prescribed in the
advertisement dated 20th December, 2017, she is in fact
overage by 7 years 7 months and 8 days. She draws
attention
DSSSB
vide rejection notice dated 05.05.2022 on the ground that she is
overage as the candidate is overage by 02 months, 09 days even
after ... limit was
provided as not exceeding 30 years. The petitioner therein being
overage sought the benefit of age relaxation and placed reliance
upon
same day declaring various candidates as rejected wherein
it was mentioned 'overage' and no other specific reason was
recorded. According to the applicants ... During the course of
verification it was noticed that the candidates are overage. As
per RRs the departmental candidates with atleast three years of
service
feeling aggrieved by the rejection of his
candidature on the ground of overage by treating him
the member of unreserved category vide
communication /notice/ result ... been rejected
by treating him in unreserved category on the ground
of overage be declared as illegal and the same be
quashed and aside
applicant's date of birth is
19.06.1977 and thus he was overage at the time of
closing date of the application ... applicant's date of birth is
19.06.1977 and thus he was overage at the time of the
closing date of the application
that his candidature
for the post has been rejected as he was overage as he was considered as an
unreserved candidate because of not submitting ... 2018
candidate and declaring the applicant overage is also unjustified as the
applicant is an OBC candidate.
6. Per contra, learned counsel for the respondents