Supreme Court of India

Amrit Yadav v. The State of Jharkhand and Ors.

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Reported as [2025] 3 S.C.R. 24
Bench Pankaj Mithal and Sandeep Mehta JJ.
Decided 9 February 2025

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What the Court ordered

We hold that the advertisement dated 29th July, 2010, issued by respondent No. 4 was not a valid advertisement inviting applications for public employment and is thus, a nullity in law.

Judgment, page 15

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration The core issues presented for adjudication before this Court in these appeals are:- (1) Whether the advertisement dated 29.07.2010 issued by respondent no. 4 and appointment process carried out in pursuance thereof, was valid in the eyes of law; (2) Whether the direction issued by the High Court vide order dated 12.09.2018 was justified considering the fact that the candidates earlier appointed to the subject posts were neither impleaded as party nor were heard before the issuance of a direction that adversely affected their service. Headnotes† Constitution of India –

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