Srinagar, July 9 -- The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has upheld the government's decision to withdraw a notification in 2015 about filling up Class IV vacancies in the School Education Department in Budgam district.

A division bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar, while setting aside a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) judgement of August 17, 2023, observed that the decision by the authorities to rescind the selection process was bona fide and aimed at ensuring a fair and legally tenable selection process.

The Chief Education Officer, Budgam Vide notification on February 5, 2014 had invited applications to fill up Class IV vacancies in the School Education Department in the central district of Kashmir. As per th...