verification list of twice/ thrice number of candidates is issued based on the category-wise/ subcategory-wise number of vacant positions before issuing the final selection result. This list is issued by the Confidential Section (Gopan Anubhag) of the answering respondent in which no marks of any candidate is being reflected at the time of issuing the list for document verification, also the marks of the candidates are kept secret and the cut off marks are released on the basis of the said list. The document verification is being done by a separate section of the answering respondent than that of Confidential Section (Gopan Anubhag) and both these sections have absolutely no concern with the each other. The document verification list was issued on 21.12.2023, and the cutoff marks issued were based on that list which contained the list of 225 candidates. It is also noteworthy that if the number of eligible candidates during document verification is less than the number of vacancies, a new document verification is issued. In the present case, 98 candidates who appeared in the first document verification were selected in the junior engineer examination, and affidavits were sent by them regarding the cancellation of the candidature for the concerned posts. In this regard, the candidature of the 98 candidates was cancelled, and a supplementary document verification list was issued on 09.1.2024. The cut-off marks were then re-determined based on that list. Due to the higher number of candidates being absent in the supplementary document verification, a further supplementary list was issued on 28.11.2024, and the cut-off marks were again redetermined. After this, the final selection result was declared on 08.01.2025, based on the merit list derived from the written exam marks of the eligible candidates. It should also be clarified that as the number of candidates in the document verification list is higher than the number of vacancies, the cut-off of final selection result is always different from the cut-off pertaining to document verification list. Therefore, the observation of this Hon’ble Court’s order dated 18.02.2025, stating that the cut-off of 21.12.2023 was changed to the final selection result of 08.01.2025 is factually wrong. Thus, it is clear from the above that before issuing the final selection result, the Commission communicated with the government/ department regarding all equivalent qualifications, and based on the information provided by the government/ department, the selection process was conducted in accordance with the rules.”
