Supreme Court of India · 2018-11-27
Dinesh Kumar Kashyap vs South East Central Railway
- Citation / case number
- AIR 2019 SUPREME COURT 24
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Petitioner
- Dinesh Kumar Kashyap
- Respondent
- South East Central Railway
- Author
- Deepak Gupta
- Bench
- Kurian Joseph, Deepak Gupta, Hemant Gupta
Judgment text excerpt
The Supreme Court addressed the issue of appointment from a select list of candidates in the context of the South East Central Railway's recruitment process. The Court held that the Railway administration was not obligated to fill vacancies from the extra 20% candidates called for document verification, as per the instructions which clarified that such candidates do not have a right to appointment. The appeals by the appellants were dismissed, affirming the Tribunal's decision that the SECR's actions were in accordance with the established guidelines.