Supreme Court of India
The West Bengal State Electricity Transmission Co Ltd v. Dipendu Biswas
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In view of the above discussion, it is clearly evident that the Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court had misunderstood the implication of the aforesaid condition in the recruitment notification. 15 (2022) 4 SCC 1 16 (2017) 12 SCC 680 17 2025 INSC 1084 620 [2026] 4 S.C.R. Supreme Court Reports.
Judgment, page 20
From the headnote
Issue for Consideration Matter pertains to the manner of filling of a vacancy reserved for Person with Disability with Low Vision (PWD-LV) in the Unreserved category UR (PWD-LV), where the recruitment notification stipulated that in case of non-availability of qualified unreserved candidate in the PWD-LV category, the vacancy will be filled up by PWD candidates of other categories as per merit. Headnotes† Service law – Reservation – Filling up of unreserved vacancies by reserved candidates – Mobility of a PWD-LV candidate from reserved category of OBC- to Unreserved horizontal category of UR
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