Supreme Court · 2025 INSC 704 · Decided 14 May 2025
Mohit Kumar v. State of Uttar Pradesh and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2025 INSC 704 · [2025] 6 S.C.R. 499
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5233/2025
- Decided
- 14 May 2025
- Bench
- DIPANKAR DATTA, MANMOHAN (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Disposed off
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Issue arose whether Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board was bound to accept the OBC certificates submitted by aspirants which, admittedly, were not in the format prescribed in the recruitment notification. Service law - Recruitment in the format prescribed - Requirement, if mandatory - Appellant-candidate applied for the post of sub-inspector and was called for examination - However, his representation rejected on the ground that he did not submit OBC certificate in the prescribed format and thus,
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