Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. G. Kiran

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Reported as [2026] 1 S.C.R. 141

Bench J.K. Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi JJ.

Decided 6 January 2026

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What the Court ordered

We hold that Respondent No. 1, having availed the benefit of “Relaxed Standard” in the Preliminary Examination, cannot be treated as a candidate selected on “General Standard”. Consequently, he is not entitled to be allocated against the “General Insider” vacancy in the Karnataka Cadre in place of Respondent No.3.

Judgment, page 26

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Whether a reserved category candidate who availed relaxation while qualifying Preliminary Examination, though secured more marks than cut-off of the General Category candidate in the Main Examination and Interview for personality test and secured place in the final merit list, can be considered as ‘Insider General’ candidate for cadre allocation against an unreserved vacancy. Headnotes† The Rules for a competitive examination to be held by the Union Public Service Commission in 2013 (Exam Rules, 2013) – rr.1, 13, 14(ii), 17(1) – Vacancies in the Indian Forest Service

Authorities it was built on

2016 Vikas Sankhala & Ors. Etc. v. Vikas Kumar Agarwal & Ors. Etc. cited by 8
2010 Jitender Kumar Singh & Anr. v. State of U.P. & Ors. cited by 6
2017 Deepa E.V. v. Union of India and Ors. cited by 4
2017 Gaurav Pradhan & Ors. v. State of Rajasthan & Ors. cited by 4
2019 Niravkumar Dilipbhai Makwana v. Gujarat Public Service Commission & Ors. cited by 3
2025 Union of India & Ors. v. Sajib Roy cited by 2

Where later benches applied it

2026 Chaya v. The State of Maharashtra mentioned

Of those, 1 mentioned

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