Candidates who had filed review petition in the long pending case related to recruitment on Group-D posts of Railways. Supreme Court Citing a previous order of the High Court, he has demanded a job.
The candidates say that the Supreme Court had given clear instructions to the South East Central Railway to give appointment to the candidates who filed the petition in CAT (Central Administrative Tribunal), in compliance with which the Railway Administration had also provided jobs to 197 candidates. Based on this order, the present petitioners have demanded appointment under the principle of equality.
Advertisement for a total of 5,540 Group-D posts was released by South East Central Railway in the year 2010. After completion of the selection process, appointment letters were issued to the candidates on the basis of the merit list of the written examination. However, out of these, 624 selected candidates did not join the job, due to which a large number of posts remained vacant. As per the rules, the candidates from the waiting list were to be appointed on these vacant posts, but the Railway Administration did not do so.
Between 2014 and 2019, 197 waitlisted candidates filed a petition in CAT against this decision, which was rejected. After this, 110 candidates filed a writ petition in the High Court, but they did not get relief there either.
Challenging the decision of the High Court, the matter reached the Supreme Court, where in the year 2018, the Supreme Court passed an important order saying that the candidates applying in CAT should be given jobs. In compliance with this order, the Railway Administration provided appointment to 197 candidates.
After this, between 2019 and 2023, about 300 other waitlisted candidates again filed a petition in CAT. CAT ordered the Railways to give appointment, which the Railway Administration challenged in the High Court.
The High Court rejected the Railways’ petition on 5 December 2025. After this, an order was passed to call 1,138 waiting list candidates on the basis of merit to fill the remaining 427 vacant posts as per the 2010 advertisement.
In this sequence, a review petition has been filed by a candidate, which is currently pending. During the hearing, the Division Bench also said that it is extremely important to maintain a balance between the need for public recruitment and protection of the rights of eligible candidates.
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