Delhi HC declines relief to civil services aspirant under EWS

Upholds DoPT decision that petitioner did not meet the income criteria

A bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Talwant Singh dismissed the plea filed by Ms. Aashima Goyal, who had applied under the EWS category for CSE 2019, noting that “there is a perceptible and a real doubt as to the petitioner fulfilling the family income eligibility criteria”.

Ms. Goyal had taken the CSE 2019 and cleared both the preliminary and the main examination as well as the interview. She secured 65th rank in the merit list, and was, consequently, recommended by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) for allocation of service.