Supreme Court of India

Ramjit Singh Kardam & Ors. v. Sanjeev Kumar & Ors.

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Reported as [2020] 7 S.C.R. 1096
Bench Ashok Bhushan and Navin Sinha JJ.
Decided 8 April 2020

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussions and conclusions, we dispose of these appeals with the following directions: (i) The Commission shall conclude the entire selection process initiated by the advertisement No.6 of 2006 as per criterion notified on 28.12.2006 i.e. holding objective type written test of 200 marks and viva voce of 25 marks.

Judgment, page 51

From the headnote

Service Law: Selection process – Criteria for selec tion – Challenged by candidates – Rule of estoppel – Applicability of – It is a general preposition that a candidate, who part icipates in a selection without a demur taking a calculated chance to get sel ected cannot turn around and challenge the criteria of selection and th e constitution of the selection committee – However, in the instant case, Commission had not published any criteria on the basis of which candidates were to be subjected for selection process and the candidates participated in the selection withou t knowing the criteria

Where later benches applied it

Of those, 1 mentioned

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