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UDAY KUMAR, SOUMEN SEN
Nabanita Jana – Appellant
Versus
State of West Bengal – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
1. The appeal is arising out of an order dated 1st December, 2023 in a writ petition in which the grievance of the writ petitioner was that she was not allowed to appear in the interview for the post of Librarian in Rural Libraries in the District of Purba Medinipur. The learned Single Judge has dismissed the said writ petition and hence, this appeal.
2. Briefly stated; the appellant is an aspirant for the said post. She was successful in the written test but she was not called for the interview. According to the writ petitioner, as per the relevant advertisement and the Recruitment Rules, the authorities should have called her for the interview in the ratio of 1:5 against the notified vacancies.
3. The recruitment notice has laid down four essential qualifications which, inter-alia, include basis knowledge in computer application and total marks awarded for computer knowledge is 10 marks. To the utter surprise of the writ petitioner, she found that the selection committee has decided a cut off marks for computer test. The pass mark of the Board Examination which is a qualifying academic standard was considered as the cut off marks for the computer exams. The appellant chal
The court emphasized the importance of rational and acceptable criteria for recruitment, and the need for a reasonable interpretation of recruitment rules.
The selecting body has the authority to determine the method/criterion of selection, and the rules of the game cannot be changed once the game has started.
The court affirmed that candidates should not face disqualification from selection processes not transparently defined upfront, emphasizing equal treatment under similar circumstances.
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