Content Provider | Supreme Court of India |
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e-ISSN | 30484839 |
Language | English |
Access Restriction | NDLI |
Subject Keyword | Service Law – Condition provided in the advertisement that the application has to be in the language for which the candidates want to attempt the question paper |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Law Judgement |
Jurisdiction | India |
Case(s) Referred | Referred Case 0 Referred Case 1 Referred Case 2 Referred Case 3 |
Case Type | Appeal |
Court | Supreme Court of India |
Disposal Nature | Appeal Allowed |
Headnote | Service Law – Condition provided in the advertisement that the application has to be in the language for which the candidates want to attempt the question paper – Violation of – Effect – Writ petitioner appeared for the written test and wrote the paragraph in Hindi on the OMR sheet, though in the application form, he had written it in English – Candidature rejected – Decision set aside by Single Judge, affirmed by Division Bench – On appeal, held: The condition that language in the application form shall be used for the purposes of OMR examination is for the reason that in case any dispute arises in respect of identity of the candidate, the same can be verified from the two handwritings – Once the writ petitioner has filled the application form in English, having also signed in English, it cannot be said to be an inadvertent mistake when he has written the para in Hindi – Such writing in different language violates the instruction clearly mentioned in the advertisement – If a particular procedure in filling up the application form is prescribed, the application form should be filled up following that procedure alone – Candidature of writ petitioner rightly rejected by appellants – Order of High Court set aside. |
Judge | Hon'ble Mr. Justice Hemant Gupta |
Neutral Citation | 2022 INSC 747 |
Petitioner | Union Of India |
Respondent | Mahendra Singh |
SCR | [2022] 6 S.C.R. 1001 |
Judgement Date | 2022-07-25 |
Case Number | 4807 |
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