Supreme Court of India

Uttar Pradesh Subordinate Service Selection Commission v. Ashok Yadav

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Bench Manoj Misra and Vijay Bishnoi JJ.
Decided 9 September 2026

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What the Court ordered

Consequently, the appeal is allowed. The impugned order is set aside. Writ A No.10221 of 2019 filed by the respondent before the High Court is hereby dismissed.

Judgment, 33

In brief

The Commission advertised 3133 Village Development Officer posts in January 2016, held an objective written test in June 2016, published a provisional answer-key, and after considering objections issued a revised key on which the result was declared in 2018 (with a supplementary result in June 2020). One question asked which book-name pair was 'not correctly matched'; the Commission's key was option 'B' (Shahjahan Nama – Mohammad Tahir), while the writ petitioner had chosen option 'C' (Humayun Nama – Humayun) on the footing that pairing was by authorship, Humayun Nama having been written by Gulbadan Begum.…

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