Mumbai News: Unemployed Youth Received Appointment Letter, Still No Job; Moves To Bombay High Court Against Bureaucratic Delays Over Government Job

Mumbai: Delays from Government offices are not a new problem, these delays have become an unavoidable part of processes that involve the government. This young person from Sawantwadi in Konkan stood up against the authorities and declined to be a victim of this problem.

Despite receiving a valid appointment letter from a government-recognised organisation, a youth from Sawantwadi has been unemployed for more than eight months due to bureaucratic indifference. Finally, to get justice, the youth has approached the High Court and has sought an order to appoint him to the selected post through a petition.

Petitioner Sumedh Shivaji Jadhav has done his postgraduate studies in English literature. He was selected as an Assistant Project Officer under the Maharashtra Employment Guarantee Scheme (EGS) in S2 Infotech International Limited, a private contractor appointed by the state government for personnel management. He also received the appointment letter on October 10, 2024 and the next day, S2 Infotech also formally informed the Deputy District Magistrate of the EGS branch in Sindhudurg about Jadhav's selection.

However, despite repeated follow-ups and visits to the relevant department in the ministry, Jadhav was not officially hired or given any clear response. Therefore, Jadhav has stated in his petition that despite the vacancy for the post and appointment to that post, he has been unemployed for more than eight months due to government apathy.

He has also stated in his petition that he received information under the Right to Information that the post of Assistant Project Officer in the Sawantwadi EGS office has been vacant since April 1, 2025. Despite completing the recruitment process, Jadhav has claimed that he is deprived of his livelihood due to the inaction of the officials.

Therefore, the court should intervene in this matter to prevent injustice against him and ensure transparency and fairness in the government contract recruitment process. Jadhav has also demanded through the petition that the state government and S2 Infotech be ordered to appoint him to the selected post.