'Balance Must Be Stricken Between Mistake And Chance To Rectify Lapse', Delhi High Court Allows Candidates To Join Post

A Division Bench of Delhi High Court comprising Justices Navin Chawla and Shalinder Kaur observed while allowing a Petition that authorities must look into the accuracy of documents and decide the cases of candidates based on facts and circumstances of each case. The third Petitioner's candidature was rejected on the ground of alleged mismatch in the name of the petitioner's father on the Caste Certificate and an issue in the date of obtaining class 10th certificate. The 'date of issue' of the class 10th certificate for the 3rd Petitioner was also held as incorrect and he was informed that he had also failed the document verification. Concerning the case of the 3rd Petitioner who had uploaded a community, nativity, and date of birth certificate instead of an OBC certificate, the Court held that there was no mention of the said error in the emails sent to him and that his candidature was only rejected based on the mismatch in his father's name in the Caste Certificate and a discrepancy in the date of issuance of his Class 10th Certificate. Case Title: Rongali Naidu & Ors vs. Indian Coast Guard Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 1296 Counsel for the Petitioner: Mr.Abhinay Sharma, Mr. Pooran Chand Roy, Ms. Deeksha Prakash, Ms.Parul Khurana & Ms. Kirti Vyas, Advs.