Procedural And Technical Hurdles Cannot Impede Substantial Justice: Rajasthan HC Grants Appointment To Candidate Who Erred In Submitting Application
Live LawRajasthan High Court has ruled that the application of rules should be with a humane approach and if procedural violation does not cause prejudice, courts must lean towards doing substantial justice rather than relying upon procedural and technical violation. Procedural and technical hurdles shall not be allowed to come in the way of the court while doing substantial justice.” The bench of Justice Vinit Kumar Mathur granted relief to the petitioner who had applied for the post of a lab technician but was denied appointment despite securing more marks than the selected candidates. It was the case of the petitioner that his candidature was rejected since he failed to fill out his experience certificate as per the guidelines issued with the The Court observed that after comparing the experience certificate that was submitted by the petitioner with the prescribed proforma, it was revealed that the latter had only one additional column containing a question. “In the considered opinion of this court, non filling of the information in column No.8 cannot be a ground to refuse appointment to the petitioner on the post of Lab Technician more particularly when the certificate which is similar in nature has been produced by one Phool Singh and the same has been considered by the respondents and he has been given appointment on the post of Lab Technician.” The Court further opined that the judiciary was not respected for its power to legalize injustice on technical grounds but for being capable of removing it and was expected to do so.