Delhi High Court bars Economically Weaker Section age-relaxation and extra-attempt claims
Central recruitment authorities cannot grant EWS candidates age or attempt relaxations
Change
The Delhi High Court ruled that Economically Weaker Section (EWS) candidates are ineligible for upper-age relaxation and additional permissible attempts in Central government appointment processes.
Why it matters
Recruiting bodies must exclude EWS applicants from ancillary concessions such as upper-age relaxation and extra permissible attempts when determining eligibility for Central government posts. Selection panels must update eligibility checks and certification processes to ensure EWS is not treated as having parity with Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe, or Other Backward Classes on these specific relaxations.
Implications
- — Central government recruitment authorities, selection boards, and HR/compliance teams that administer recruitments must immediately stop applying upper‑age relaxation and additional permissible‑attempt allowances to Economically Weaker Section (EWS) applicants and update eligibility checklists — continued approvals expose departments to legal challenge and potential judicial orders setting aside non‑compliant selections.
- — Candidates applying under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category must not claim upper‑age relaxation or extra attempts in current Central government applications — submissions relying on such parity will be rejected or rendered ineligible.
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