MP High Court Upholds 2010 Gram Rojgar Sahayak Firing Over Forged Records

1 articles · Updated · Live Law - Indian Legal News · Aug 22

Justice Vivek Kumar Singh dismissed the writ petition and upheld the cancellation of a Gram Rojgar Sahayak’s appointment in Satna district, ruling that public employment obtained through forged records creates no vested right to hold office.
March 9, 2010 became the key date: the petitioner’s application was shown in the Gram Panchayat register as received by the March 5 deadline, but it included a computer certificate issued only on March 9, leading authorities to find the register entry was backdated.
The Collector, acting on an earlier High Court remand, re-examined the receipt register and concluded the entry had been forged after the deadline to accommodate the petitioner; the court said it would not reweigh those factual findings under Article 226 absent perversity.
Rejecting the argument that the disputed certificate did not affect merit because it carried no marks, the bench said fraud is judged by deceit, not by whether the forged document was necessary to secure selection.
The ruling reinforces the court’s view that once the foundation of an appointment is tainted by forgery or deliberate misrepresentation, the entire appointment collapses.

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