Binding nature of state concessions in protracted recruitment litigation

The core rationale sustaining the claims of the respondents and intervenors rests upon the solemn concessions made by the State Government before the High Court in the Mukesh Kumar Tailor litigation, which were never formally recalled or successfully contested. Having induced judicial orders based on its voluntary undertaking to adjust eligible candidates against vacant posts, the State cannot subsequently resile from that position to the detriment of aspiring teachers. The Supreme Court emphasized that administrative consistency and judicial finality require the government to honor concessions that have governed service regularizations for years. (The State of Rajasthan & Ors. v. Namonarayan Sharma & Ors. | 2026 INSC 179)