Supreme Court of India

Bedanga Talukdar v. Saifudaullah Khan & Ors.

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Reported as [2011] 11 S.C.R. 635

Bench Altamas Kabir and Surinder Singh Nijjar JJ.

Decided 28 September 2011

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, we set aside the resolution D dated 21.5.2010 of the Commission as well as the communication dated 31.5.2010 and direct that the Public Service Commission will now examine the entitlement of the petitioner by taking into account the identity card produced by him.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service law - Selection - Challenge to - Issuance of advertisement to hold preliminary examination for recruitment to various posts in Public Service - Failure of respondent No. 1-physically handicapped candidate to submit the requisite disability certificate within the stipulated period as provided in the advertisement - RespondeoLN.0-.--1--submitted the mandatory ®mrtts-lifterthe- selection process was over, with the publication of the select list of the successful candidates and rejection of his candidature - Selection of appellant in the reserved category but not of respondent No. 1

Where later benches applied it

2023 Ankita Thakur & Ors. v. The H.P. Staff Selection Commission & Ors. relied on
2025 Mohit Kumar v. State of Uttar Pradesh and Ors. referred to
2025 Parimal Kumar & Ors. v. The State of Jharkhand & Ors. referred to
2021 The State of Bihar & Ors. v. Madhu Kant Ranjan & Anr. referred to
2021 High Court of Kerala v. Reshma A. & Others Etc. referred to
2024 Mahesh Chand Bareth & Anr. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. mentioned
2023 Nutan Kumari v. B.R.A. Bihar University and Others mentioned

Of those, 1 relied on · 4 referred to · 2 mentioned

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