Delhi Police And Anr vs Mahesh Singh
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Case Significance
Delhi Police And Anr vs Mahesh Singh is a Delhi High Court decision dated December 12, 2024 (citation: ik-7096109). Delhi Police challenged a CAT judgment directing consideration of the respondent, an ex-serviceman from Tripura, for appointment to the post of temporary Constable under a special recruitment drive for Tripura natives, which provided 2% reservation for ex-servicemen. The key issue was whether 2% of 44 total vacancies (yielding 0.88) entitled the respondent to one ex-servicemen vacancy by rounding up, and the court held that applying the Supreme Court's Pawan Kumar Tiwari principle, fractions The bench comprised Justices C. Hari Shankar and Manoj Jain. The judgment was delivered by Justice C. Hari Shankar. Counsel appearing: Anil Singhal (counsel for respondent), K. D. Sharma (counsel for petitioner).
Summary
Delhi Police challenged a CAT judgment directing consideration of the respondent, an ex-serviceman from Tripura, for appointment to the post of temporary Constable under a special recruitment drive for Tripura natives, which provided 2% reservation for ex-servicemen. The key issue was whether 2% of 44 total vacancies (yielding 0.88) entitled the respondent to one ex-servicemen vacancy by rounding up, and the court held that applying the Supreme Court's Pawan Kumar Tiwari principle, fractions greater than 0.5 must be rounded to the next whole number. The writ petition was dismissed and the CAT judgment upheld.
What was the outcome of Delhi Police And Anr vs Mahesh Singh?
Delhi Police challenged a CAT judgment directing consideration of the respondent, an ex-serviceman from Tripura, for appointment to the post of temporary Constable under a special recruitment drive fo...
Judgment
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