Bringing relief to two candidates, the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has directed the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission to consider their claim for rectifying error in their application forms to the post of Assistant Horticulture Officer.
In separate petitions, M. Kavin Kumar and R. Uma Maheshwari had sought rectification of the errors. The candidates had wrongly entered their community status as Backward class (BC) instead of De-notified community (DNC) in their online application form.
Though both the candidates had cleared the cut-off marks and met the eligibility criteria, they were not short-listed due to the error. Their representations to the TNPSC for rectification of the error was rejected, following which they approached the court.
Justice R. Mahadevan observed that such mistakes happen inadvertently and can be rectified. The petitioners cannot be penalised by denying them employment. The court directed the authorities to consider them for appointment to the post if they were found to be eligible and if there were no other legal impediments.
