
The directive got here after an SSC candidate, who made it to the primary checklist of the 2025 SLST examination, moved excessive courtroom to revive her SC standing even when she was upgraded to normal class.
SSC senior counsel Kalyan Bandyopadhyay sought HC’s permission to improve the candidate to the overall class contending that one other SC candidate with decrease marks would miss the chance of being thought-about if the petitioner needed to revive her standing. Bandyopadhyay argued that the concept of reservation was meant for the welfare of a group and never for a person.
Justice Amrita Sinha, nonetheless, famous that the petitioner had marked herself as a reserved class candidate whereas filling the shape and had submitted Rs 200, a charge meant for that class. The decide referred to her Nov 27 order, by which the courtroom had held that when a candidate’s class was ultimate, authorities couldn’t “change it suo motu”.