Supreme Court · 2019 INSC 202 · Decided 14 February 2019
– Citizenship Status v. The State of Bihar & ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2019 INSC 202 · [2019] 3 S.C.R. 1060
- Case number
- WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) No. 71/2019
- Decided
- 14 February 2019
- Bench
- ARUN MISHRA, NAVIN SINHA (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Writ / Constitutional
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 32
Headnote
Bihar Civil Service (Judicial Branch) (Recruitment) Rules, 1955: r.5A(3) - Constitutional validity of - Challenged in writ petition u/Art. 32 of Constitution - Held: Rule 5A(3) provides that 10% of the total number of candidates appeared be called for final written exam - While in Malik Mazhar's case it was held that declaration of result of the preliminary written exam for calling candidates for final written exam has to be in the ratio of 1:10 of the available vacancies to the successful candidates - Rule 5A is
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