For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma with
Mr. Anand Sharma
For Respondent(s) :
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MANEESH SHARMA
Order
19/08/2025
1. By way of the instant writ petition under Articles 226, 14, 16
and 21 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks a direction
against the respondents to consider her candidature for the post
of Informatics Assistant, pursuant to the advertisement dated
16.01.2023, under the OBC – Divorcee category (Annexure-1).
2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the respon-
dents erred in not considering her candidature under the OBC –
Divorcee category on the premise that the divorce decree obtained
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by the petitioner is dated 28.03.2023 (Annexure-3), which is after
the last date to submit the application. He further submits that
vide order dated 29.01.2024 (Annexure-4), respondents had per-
mitted candidates to correct their category on or before
09.02.2024; therefore, the divorce decree obtained on
28.03.2023, ought to have been considered.