The Bihar Staff Selection Commission, through its Secretary v. Niranjan Kumar Singh
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: Patna High Court; Letters Patent Appeal Clause 10; LPA 998/988/1022/1028 of 2025; Bihar Staff Selection Commission; Sub-Inspector recruitment; Advertisement No. 704 of 2004; 1510 posts plus 639 added vacancies; 133 candidates Article 142; parity claim; negative equality Article 14; Articles 14 and 16; non-precedential Article 142 order; closure of selection process; no fresh cause of action from rejected representation; Dinesh Kumar; Mala; maintainability of appeal by recruiting agency; Nirbhay Kumar (2020) 17 SCC 294; Chandra Gupta Kumar (2017) SCC OnLine SC 1896 and (2015) SCC OnLine SC 1810; Arvind Kumar v. Amir Subhani 2018 SCC OnLine SC 3576; Rajeev Kumar (2015) SCC OnLine Pat 4597; appeals allowed; Single Judge judgment dated 20.08.2025 set aside.
What did the court decide?
Batch of letters patent appeals allowed; impugned judgment dated 20.08.2025 of the learned Single Judge set aside; no order as to costs.