SANKAR MONDAL vs THE STATE OF WEST BENGAL AND ORS — C.A. No. 1924/2010

Case Summary: Sankar Mondal v. The State of West Bengal (C.A. No. 001924/2010) The Supreme Court dismissed Sankar Mondal's appeal on February 15, 2022. Mondal had applied for a Sub-Assistant Engineer position in 1999, cleared medical fitness, but his appointment was blocked due to non-receipt of a police verification report. After waiting seven years, he filed an Original Application before the State Administrative Tribunal in 2006, which was rejected in 2008 for lack of prior representation. The Calcutta High Court dismissed his challenge in 2008, citing his alleged Bangladesh nationality. The Supreme Court held that recruitment processes require closure and candidates cannot seek redressal indefinitely after such lengthy delays. The Court ruled that waiting seven years before filing a petition itself disqualified the appeal, regardless of the merits concerning the police verification report. The appeal was dismissed without examining the factual accuracy of the police verification findings. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.