Supreme Court of India

Goa Public Service Commission v. Pankaj Rane & Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 5 S.C.R. 657
Bench K. M. Joseph and Hrishikesh Roy JJ.
Decided 6 April 2022

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that it is distinguishable at any rate having regard to Rule 12 which we have already noticed whi ch is applicable to the facts of this case.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Goa Civil Service Rules, 2016: r 10, 12 – Constitut ion of India – Art.320 – Power of Commission, scope – Purs uant to advertisement, the respondents appeared in the comp uter-based screening test and cleared the same – Thereafter, they ap peared in the written test and also cleared the same – Interview was scheduled and then the appellant-Commission fixed the cut-off marks for interview to be 26 out of 40 – Interview took place and responde nts were declared unsuccessful – Respondents challenged before the High Court fixing of cut-off marks by the appellant -commission upon the premise that

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