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MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, VINOD KUMAR BHARWANI
Rajasthan Public Service Commission – Appellant
Versus
Vishnu Datt Saini S/o Govind Narayan – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
MANINDRA MOHAN SHRIVASTAVA, J.
1. These intra court appeals are filed challenging orders dated 08.03.2022 passed by the learned Single Judge in different writ petitions, whereby, the action of the appellant-Rajasthan Public Service Commission (for short ‘the appellant-Public Service Commission’) insofar as calling the qualified candidates for interview in connection with different recruitments without adding weightage marks towards academic performance, has been held to be illegal. Consequently, respective results declared by the appellants have been quashed with a further direction to the appellant-Public Service Commission to first add the marks of screening test/objective type test and of academics and thereafter declare the revised results and then proceed to hold interview. The orders passed by the learned Single Judge further show that though other issues were also raised, but those issues have been kept open.
At the outset, it is pertinent to mention that all these appeals, except D.B. Civil Special Appeal (Writ) No. 914/2022, arise out of orders passed in writ p
Amended Rules of 1962 mandate that interview marks in public examinations cannot exceed 10% of total marks to ensure fair and transparent selection processes, reaffirming principles of constitutional....
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 main legal point established in the judgment is that the selection based on interview alone is permissible, and there is no rule of thumb for the weightage of marks for interview, as it varies fr....
The court clarified that subject-wise qualifying marks cannot be enforced post-examination as it contradicts the established selection rules, emphasizing the necessity for procedural clarity and comp....
The Commission cannot prescribe additional requirements for selection beyond the Rules.
(1) Constitutionality of Rules stipulating minimum qualifying marks in viva voce test as a part of selection criteria for appointment to District Judiciary in the States of Bihar and Gujarat respecti....
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