Supreme Court of India

Sanja Y Singh & Anr. v. U.P. Public Service Commission Allahabad and Anr.

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Reported as [2007] 1 S.C.R. 235

Bench Y.K. Sabharw Al, C.K. Thakker and R.V. Ra Veendran JJ.

Decided 9 January 2007

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From the headnote

t Service law-Appointment-To the post of Civil Judge (Junior ,. Division)-Competitive Examination for- Conducted by Public Service Commission-Use of 'Scaling System' for marking by the Commission- c Challenged-Earlier decision of Supreme Court upholding 'Scaling System '-Reconsideration of the decision also sought-Held : Scaling system is arbitrary and irrational-It is also violative of Rule 20(1) and (3) and Note (I) of Appendix-II of Judicial Service Rules-However, the decision will not affect selections and appointments already made as the same was bona fide-The parties who have approached

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2005 K. Channegowda and Ors. v. Karnataka Public Service Commission and Ors. cited by 2

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