Rakesh Kumar v. State Home Departmentanr
Case brief
What is this about?
This court disposed of 24 writ petitions challenging the reduction of marks via the percentile system in the Assistant Prosecution Officer recruitment. The court directed the RPSC to call all candidates with actual marks above the cut-off for interviews, allowing up to three times the advertised posts as an exception to avoid legal delays on the validity of the percentile formula.
What did the court decide?
Directions to RPSC to call petitioners (and others with actual marks above cut-off) for interviews, including exceptions to the three-time quota, without excluding already called candidates.