Supreme Court of India
State of Punjab and Ors. v. Satnam Kaur and Ors.
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What the Court ordered
We are of the opinion that the impugned F judgment is unsustainable in law, which is set aside accordingly.
Judgment, page 9
From the headnote
Service Law: Selection-Selection process-31 posts were filled up pursuant to an advertisement-Writ petition filed by some unsuccessfully candidates wherein only 18 of the selected candidates were made parties-Entire selection process was questioned on the ground that the names of the said 18 selected candidates were recommended by some influential persons-High Court set aside the selections made by the Selection Board-Thereafter, the appointments of all the 31 selected candidates were cancelled-Those candidates who were not made parties in the earlier writ petition challenged the cancellation
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