SHUBHA ISHWARCHANDRA PANDEY vs THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND ORS Advocate - GARGE ANIRUDDHA ARUN — WP/8061/2025

Case under Administrative Tribunal Act Section NA. Disposed: Contested--Disposed Off on 02nd April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: HCBM010249212025

Filing Number

WP/15859/2025

Filing Date

29-Apr-2025

Registration No

WP/8061/2025

Registration Date

20-Jun-2025

Judge

Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

Coram

Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

Bench Type

Division

Category

CAT related Service Matters ( 62 )

Sub-Category

Appointment ( 1 )

Judicial Branch

Civil

Decision Date

02-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--Disposed Off

Last updated 02-May-2026

Acts & Sections

Administrative Tribunal Act Section NA

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SHUBHA ISHWARCHANDRA PANDEY

    Adv. A K Upadhyay

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.THE UNION OF INDIA THROUGH THE SECRETARY AND ORS Advocate - GARGE ANIRUDDHA ARUN

  2. 2.THE CHAIRMAN STAFF SELECTION BOARD

  3. 3.UT ADMINISTRATION OF DADRA AND NAGAR HAVELI AND DAMAN NAD DIU

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 02-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. AnkhadView PDF

    Summary The Bombay High Court set aside the Central Administrative Tribunal's dismissal order and allowed the writ petition. The Court held that the 2019 Office Memorandum mandating 10% EWS reservation in direct recruitment is binding and non-discretionary, requiring the respondent-authorities to fill unfilled EWS vacancies by considering eligible candidates from the next rank rather than treating them as backlog. The petitioner, a general category candidate who ranked next for the PG Teacher (Sociology, Gujarati medium) position, must now be considered for appointment if she meets eligibility criteria. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 02-Apr-2026

    High On Board (Hob)

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

  4. 01-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. AnkhadView PDF

  5. 01-Apr-2026

    -High On Board

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

  6. 27-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. AnkhadView PDF

  7. 18-Feb-2026

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

  8. 12-Dec-2025

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. AnkhadView PDF

  9. 12-Dec-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

  10. 07-Nov-2025

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. AnkhadView PDF

  11. 07-Nov-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

  12. 06-Nov-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

  13. 03-Nov-2025

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. AnkhadView PDF

  14. 03-Nov-2025

    For Circulation

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Gautam A. Ankhad

  15. 29-Aug-2025

    Due Admission - 1

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik , Hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. Borkar

  16. 01-Aug-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik,hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. BorkarView PDF

  17. 01-Aug-2025

    For Admission

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik , Hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. Borkar

  18. 22-Jul-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik,hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. BorkarView PDF

  19. 22-Jul-2025

    For Circulation

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik , Hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. Borkar

  20. 24-Jun-2025

    Hon'ble Shri Justice M. S. Karnik,hon'ble Shri Justice N. R. BorkarView PDF

  21. 24-Jun-2025

    First hearing

    Initial hearing scheduled

  22. 29-Apr-2025

    Case filed

    Registration No. WP/8061/2025

casestatus.in Summary

Summary The Bombay High Court set aside the Central Administrative Tribunal's dismissal order and allowed the writ petition. The Court held that the 2019 Office Memorandum mandating 10% EWS reservation in direct recruitment is binding and non-discretionary, requiring the respondent-authorities to fill unfilled EWS vacancies by considering eligible candidates from the next rank rather than treating them as backlog. The petitioner, a general category candidate who ranked next for the PG Teacher (Sociology, Gujarati medium) position, must now be considered for appointment if she meets eligibility criteria. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

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