Supreme Court of India

Mahavir Singh v. Khiali Ram & Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 17 S.C.R. 534
Bench S.B. Sinha and Cyriac Joseph JJ.
Decided 12 December 2008

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CONSTITUTION OF /NOIA, 1950: Article 226 - Power of High Court to review the order of appointing authority - High Court setting aside appointment of Lambardar (Village Headman) made by Collector and directing appointment of writ petitioner - HELD: Court while exercising power of judicial review has a limited jurisdiction and is ordinarily concerned with correctness of decision 0 making process and not merit of the decision - In the instant case, High Court has not found that Collector, in analyzing ' the comparative merits of two candidates, committed any error in his decision making process

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