In The Union of India & Ors. vs. Shreya through the Secretary, Ministry of Communication, Department of Post (2026), Patna High Court's Division Bench of Justices Mohit Kumar Shah and Alok Kumar Pandey delivered a 27-page long judgement dated April 3, 2026, wherein, it set aside reinstatement order by Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) for Shreya, the sole respondent in the original application. She had filed the application before the CAT. The Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications, Government of India, New Delhi had issued an advertisement/notification dated July 12, 2024, inviting applications from the eligible candidates to fill the vacant posts of Gramin Dak Sevaks (GDSs) in different offices of the Department of Posts.
The petitioner pointed out that Shreya had entered Hindi-A/Hindi-B in the uploaded application form while Sanskrit was depicted in the original mark sheet submitted by her during the document verification held on October 25, 2024, thus she violated the requirement of Rule 8(x) of the Selection Criteria mentioned in the notification dated July 12, 2024. There is mismatch of subject as per the application filed by the candidate online vis-à-vis the physical certificate submitted by her apart from the fact that she has not studied the local language of Bihar i.e. Hindi in Class 10th, hence her engagement was terminated as per Rule 8 (1) of the Gramin Dak Sevaks (Conduct & Engagement) Rules, 2020.
The Division Bench concluded:"....we find that the Ld. CAT has erred in passing the impugned judgment dated 19.8.2025 by misconstruing the basic issue involved in the present case, as has been discussed at length in the preceding paragraphs, hence we are of the view that the impugned judgment dated 19.8.2025 requires interference, thus the same is set aside and the order dated 6.2.2025, passed by the Petitioner No. 5, as contained in covering letter dated 7.2.2025 is restored." The judgement was authored by Justice Shah.
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