JUDGEMENT

Date: 20.07.2024 The present writ petition has been filed for quashing of the important notice dated 13.03.2024, issued by the Examination Controller, Bihar Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as the “respondent-Commission”) in connection with the Drug Inspector Competition Examination (Advertisement No.09 of 2022), whereby and whereunder the petitioner has been declared ineligible for the post of Drug Inspector on the ground of not holding qualification as per the advertisement and has been directed to submit his objection on the issue of ineligibility. The petitioner has also prayed for declaring that the requisite qualification for being appointed as Drug Inspector, in terms of clause 5(1) of the Bihar Drugs Controller Cadre Regulation, 2014 (hereinafter referred to as “the Cadre Regulation, 2014”) is the same as provided for in Rule 49 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 (hereinafter referred to as “the Rules, 1945”), which provides that a person who is appointed as an Inspector under the Act shall be a person, who has a degree in Pharmacy or Pharmaceutical Sciences or Medicine with specialization in Clinical Pharmac