The Delhi High Court observes that candidates applying for the job should be given concrete and valid grounds for rejection

The petitioner was rejected from the appointment to the post of soldier (GD) under the pretext of him not clearing the written examination and not making to the merit list of the available vacancies for his state. The counsel for the petitioner contented that the abovementioned grounds were incorrect, as it is evident from the reply received from the application filed under Right to Information Act, 2005, which shows petitioner clearly passed the written examination as well as medical test, hence he should be appointed for the post. On the other hand, the counsel for the respondents submitted that the post was primarily intended for the sons of war widow/widows/ex-servicemen/servicemen, etc. based on the priority. There were five priorities created in which the petitioner belonged to the last priority category of candidates as a consequence of which he was rejected. The High Court of Delhi in this W.P.(C) 10619/2018 observed that the employers should be more careful while responding to the candidates the reasons for which they have not been given an appointment or considered for an appointment in future to avoid litigation which entails time and cost consumption for the candidates.