Dinesh Kumar Kashyap vs South East Central Railway on 27 November, 2018
In the case of Dinesh Kumar Kashyap (supra), the controversy related to a
decision of the Railway to call 20% extra candidates for document verification
to take care of the situation if sufficient candidates fail to appear to fill up the
notified vacancy. The appellants were aggrieved since though they were
included in the panel with 20% extra candidates and there were vacancies, but
they were not appointed. The majority judgment held that the appellants were
entitled for appointment as per the instructions of the Railway since all notified
vacancies were not filled up. But the dissenting judgment held that there was
no cause for interference through judicial review and the authorities were at
liberty not to fill up all the vacancies if there are justifications for the same. The
controversy in the present OAs in hand arises out of the decision of the
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respondents to cancel the candidature of the applicants on the ground of not
fulfilling the eligibility criteria, which is contested by the applicants. The
applicant in OA No. 270/20 relies on the law laid down in the above cited
judgment that the authority cannot be arbitrary while deciding to refuse
appointment to selected candidates.