HON’BLE SRI JUSTICE NAGESH BHEEMAPAKA WRIT PETITION No. 27787 OF 2019

O R D E R:

Petitioners filed this Writ Petition aggrieved by the arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional action of the 2^nd respondent - Telangana State Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as "TGSPSC"), in including, calling for interviews and thereafter appointing certain candidates who had admittedly committed material violations of the mandatory instructions governing the conduct and evaluation of the Group- II Services Examination. The said violations, particularly scratching, tampering, erasing, and use of whiteners in Part-B of the Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) sheets, go to the very root of the integrity of the selection process and strike at the foundation of merit and fairness which are the hallmarks of public employment under Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India.

2. The case of petitioners is that the 2^nd respondent issued Notification No. 20/2015 dated 30.12.2015, inviting Applications for recruitment to various posts under Group-II Services in the State of Telangana. Subsequently, by supplementary Notification No. 17/2016, dated 01.09.2016, additional vacancies were notified,