The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently rapped the health and medical education department for picking and choosing selective court judgments and filing an appeal after six years, solely to protect the appointment of ousted candidates from selection in government jobs.

Chief Justice Arun Palli and Justice Rajnesh Oswal on December 4 also imposed a fine on the department to pay Rs 10,000 to each of the candidates who appeared in the revised recruitment list but did not get appointment as dental assistant/junior dental technician in 2013.

“We have observed numerous instances, where the Government has treated similarly situated persons disparately. However, the instant case stands as a classic example where the appellant-the Union Territory of J&K has adopted a policy of ‘pic

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