Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 203 · Decided 23 February 2007
P. Mohanan Pillai v. State of Kerala and ORS.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 203 · [2007] 3 S.C.R. 53
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 927/2007
- Decided
- 23 February 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, MARKANDEY KATJU (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 12
Headnote
B Service Law: Recruitment-Criteria for-Validity-Recruitment to the post of Watchman/Messenger/Attender-Candidate topping the written exam not C selected-Challenge to-Held: There being no Statutory Rules governing the recruitment, practice prevailing when the vacancy arose was to be adhered were ftxed for oral interview after publication of result of written examination, without assigning good and sufficient reasons, thus, policy D decision taken was arbitrary-Also nature of duties on which interview marks are a/located not such which requires high intellectual ability-Thus,
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