Calcutta High Court Issues Notice On Plea Challenging Denial Of EWS Certificate To Son Over Parent's Deletion From SIR Rolls

The Calcutta High Court has issued notice on a plea challenging the withholding of an Economically Weaker Section (EWS) certificate to a candidate solely on the ground that his parent's name was deleted from the electoral rolls during the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise.

Justice Krishna Rao issued notice on the petition and permitted early hearing, after counsel raised concerns over the denial of an EWS certificate to the petitioner's son despite his eligibility, allegedly because his parent's name had been removed from the electoral rolls.

The petitioner approached the High Court contending that the authorities were withholding the certificate only on the ground of the deletion of the parent's name from the SIR rolls.

The urgency of the matter arose because the petitioner's son had participated in a government recruitment process but was unable to proceed further due to the non-issuance of the EWS certificate.

The plea thus questioned the linkage between the deletion of a parent's name from the electoral rolls and the son's entitlement to an EWS certificate, particularly when the certificate was required for participation in a recruitment process.