Supreme Court of India

The Director of Indian System of Medicine & Anr. Etc. v. Dr. Susmi C.T. & Anr. Etc.

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 573
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit, S. Ravindra Bhat and Bela M. Trivedi JJ.
Decided 8 December 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, it is held that the impugned judgment and orders of the High Court cannot be sustained.

Judgment, page 13

From the headnote

Service Law – Selection – Right of selected candidates – Extent and ambit of – Candidates complaining that some vacan cies had been kept back and not reported –Held: Right of those who find a position in the ranked list is to be advised against vacancies which arise during the currency of the list, and which are reported – In the present case, it was as against vacancies that were reported to the State Public Service Commission, that the candidates had some semblance of a right – However, as far as those not reported are concerned, the candidates cannot claim a right per se – It i s possible

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