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VIVEK KUMAR SINGH
A. Nambi Venkatesh – Appellant
Versus
Metropolitan Transport Corporation Limited – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Challenging the selection of candidates and their appointments as Junior Engineers/Assistant Engineers under the first respondent pursuant to the Recruitment Notice 2014 vide Advertisement No. 01-05/MTC/2014 dated 02.11.2014 issued by the first respondent and consequently to direct the first respondent to redraw the selection list based on the true marks scored by the candidates in the selection and consider the case of the petitioners for such selection accordingly and further to make appointments afresh replacing the already appointed candidates as Junior Engineers/Assistant Engineers and further to direct the second respondent to issue appropriate orders, directing all the recruitment authorities to publish in the advertisement itself for any selection for making public appointments, the procedure to be followed in the selection and to publish the results of any examination either oral or written conducted for such selection disclosing the name, age, community and marks scored in each examination by all the participants in the examinations conducted for the selection within a time frame as fixed by this Court and also to issue appropriate direction to the first respond
Selection process in public service must adhere to merit and judicial directives; prior selections can be revisited without breaching natural justice if candidates prove higher qualifications.
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the selection process must adhere to the terms of the advertisement and the prescribed rules, and any deviation from these norms is impermissi....
The court affirmed that petitioners, having previously accepted the selection process, were barred from later contesting the methodology due to principles of waiver and acquiescence, despite alleging....
Selection process legality cannot be challenged after participation without evidence of misconduct or unfairness.
The recruitment process must adhere strictly to stipulations in the advertisement, and a candidate cannot contest procedures post-participation without valid grievances if unsuccessful.
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