Supreme Court Dismisses Plea Seeking Age-Relaxation For Displaced Kashmiri Pandits In Govt Recruitments

The Supreme Court today(September 23) dismissed a writ petition filed by Panun Kashmir Trust under Article 32, seeking parity in age-relaxation benefits in recruitment to Groups D and C of Central Government jobs for victims of the Kashmiri riots at par with the victims of the 1984 anti-Sikh riotsand 2002 Gujarat riots. 

A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta dismissed the writ petition, remarking that such matters are for the policy-makers to decide. When Advocate on Record Sudarshan Rajan (for petitioners) began his arguments, at the outset, Justice Nath orally remarked: "Is this in the scope of Article 32? Is it for the Supreme Court or High Court to decide? These are policy decisions to be taken by the Government."

Panun Kashmir had approached the Supreme Court on behalf of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits. As per the petition, the victims were forced to flee their ancestral homes in the wake of the riots in the valley in 1980s. It has been claimed in the petition that the "deliberate exclusion" of Kashmiri Hindus from age relaxation benefits has led to hostile discrimination. 

Case Details: PANUN KASHMIR TRUST Vs UNION OF INDIA|W.P.(C) No. 881/2025

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