SHIVAM SONWANI vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G. — WA/208/2026

Disposed: Contested--DISMISSED on 01st April 2026.

Case disposed

CNR: CGHC010063392026

Filing Number

WA/3633/2026

Filing Date

10-Feb-2026

Registration No

WA/208/2026

Registration Date

27-Feb-2026

Judge

Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal

Coram

Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal

Bench Type

Division Bench

Category

SERVICE MATTERS ( 6 )

Sub-Category

SELECTION, APPOINTMENT & RECRUITMENT INCLUDING EXAMINATION, INTERVIEW. ( 614 )

Judicial Branch

Writ Section

Decision Date

01-Apr-2026

Nature of Disposal

Contested--DISMISSED

Last updated 29-Apr-2026

Petitioner(s)

  1. 1.SHIVAM SONWANI

    Adv. SATEESH KUMAR SAGAR,GAJANAND,GAJANAND, ,Rohan,SANTOSH KUMAR YADU,AMAN PANDEY,AMAN PANDEY,AMAN PANDEY

Respondent(s)

  1. 1.STATE OF CHHATTISGARH Advocate - A.G.

  2. 2.Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission

    Adv. DR. SUDEEP AGRAWAL

  3. 3.Chhattisgarh Public Service Commission

  4. 4.Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya

    Adv. NEERAJ CHOUBEY

  5. 5.Hemchand Yadav Vishwavidyalaya

Case History

  1. Case disposedDisposed

  2. 01-Apr-2026

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar AgrawalView PDF

    Case Summary The High Court of Chhattisgarh dismissed Shivam Sonwani's appeal against his rejection for a Clinical Psychologist position, holding that strict eligibility criteria in recruitment cannot be relaxed based on substantive qualifications alone. The court ruled that while the appellant possessed an M.A. in Psychology with clinical specialization, the advertisement explicitly required an "M.A. Clinical Psychology" degree, and absent formal statutory recognition of equivalence, the rejection was lawful and uniformly applied to all candidates without violating Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

  3. 13-Mar-2026

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice,Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar AgrawalView PDF

  4. 13-Mar-2026

    Fresh Matters

    Hon'ble The Chief Justice , Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal

  5. 10-Feb-2026

    Case filed

    Registration No. WA/208/2026

casestatus.in Summary

Case Summary The High Court of Chhattisgarh dismissed Shivam Sonwani's appeal against his rejection for a Clinical Psychologist position, holding that strict eligibility criteria in recruitment cannot be relaxed based on substantive qualifications alone. The court ruled that while the appellant possessed an M.A. in Psychology with clinical specialization, the advertisement explicitly required an "M.A. Clinical Psychology" degree, and absent formal statutory recognition of equivalence, the rejection was lawful and uniformly applied to all candidates without violating Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.

Explore other courts

District Courts Supreme Court
Search Another Case