Supreme Court of India

Malik Mazhar Sultan & Anr v. U P Public Service Commission & Ors in the Matter Of: State of Haryana

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Reported as [2023] 12 S.C.R. 682
Bench Dr Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, J. B. Pardiwala and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 26 September 2023

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, we are of the view that the State Government has not placed suffi cient material before this Court to warrant a deviation from the course of action which has been pursued since 2007, for over fi fteen years, including, as recently as by the notifi cation dated 14 December 2020.

Judgment, page 14

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: The State of Haryana sought a direction that it should be permitted to conduct the entire selection process of recruiting judicial offi cers through the Public Service Commission and the order dated 12.02.2009 should be modifi ed to facilitate this exercise. Judicial Service – Selection process – State Government sought selection process of recruiting judicial offi cers to be done through the Public Service Commission – State Government not able to place suffi cient material to warrant deviation from the course of action pursued since 2007: Held: The order dated 04.01.2007

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