HC dismisses flight steward’s petition challenging job rejection

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today dismissed an aspiring flight steward’s petition challenging rejection of his job application by Air India.
Manish Tokas had answered an advertisement issued by the public airline in 2004, calling for applicants from the OBC category.
Tokas, who belonged to the Jat community, was duly selected by the airline through a written test, followed by an interview.
However, he later received a communication from the airline in July 2004 expressing its “regret” to hire him as “Jat” community did not fall within the list of OBCs categorised in the Central List.
Tokas contended that the advertisement was “ambiguous”. Besides, he said that the Delhi Government had in a notification — dated January 20, 1995 — stated that the Jaat community was included in the OBC category.
But the court held that the advertisement had specifically stated that admissions were open to only those candidates who belonged to OBC categories recognised by the Government of India.
01/03/07 Delhi Newsline