Sudhir Kumar Gupta v. The State of Bihar
Case brief
What is this about?
BPSSC Advertisement No. 1/2019; Bihar Police Sub-Inspector, Sergeant, Assistant Superintendent Jail recruitment; cut-off reduction 75.8% to 75%; rules of the game changed midway; Tej Prakash Pathak (2025) 2 SCC 1 distinguished; participation in selection process precludes challenge - Chandra Prakash Tiwari (2002) 6 SCC 127, Union of India v S. Vinodh Kumar (2007) 8 SCC 100, Amlan Jyoti Borooah (2009) 3 SCC 227, Manish Kumar Shahi (2010) 12 SCC 576, Madan Lal (1995) 3 SCC 486; Bedanga Talukdar (2011) 12 SCC 85; CBSE v Aditya Bandopadhyay (2011) 8 SCC 497; RTI answer sheet OMR answer key; PET Physical Evaluation Test; final merit list 17.06.2021; Bihar Police Manual Rule 654(d), Rule 655(d); Articles 14, 16, 19(1)(a), 309 Constitution; Sections 55, 97 Bihar Police Act 2007; BPSSC Act 2016; writ petitions dismissed, parties to bear own costs.
What did the court decide?
The petitioners filed the writ petition only after failing to secure a place in the final merit list; they raised no challenge to the Advertisement or to the Preliminary and Mains Examinations while they were successful, so the challenge to the selection procedure cannot be sustained.