ORDER

Chelameswar, J.

1. Leave granted

“….the rules of the game …. the criteria for selection cannot be altered by the authorities concerned in the middle or after the process of selection has commenced”[1]

“… changing the rules of the game after the game was played …is clearly impermissible”[2]

2. The above, and statements to the similar effect have petrified into a rule of law in the context of employment under the State or its instrumentalities. Whether such principle of law is immutable, what are those ‘rules of the game’ which cannot be changed after the game is either commenced or played, in our opinion requires an authoritative pronouncement by a larger Bench of this Court.

3. Such a question arises in the case in hand in the background of the following facts:-

4. The respondent High Court undertook the recruitment process for filling up of 13 posts of Translators by issuing a notification dated 17th September, 2009. It appears that under the Rajasthan High Court Staff Service Rules, 2002, “eligible candidates” are required to appear for a Written Examination consisting of two papers of translation from English to Hindi and vice versa carrying 100 marks each followed by a Personal