Supreme Court of India

Amlan Jyoti Borooah v. State of Assam and Ors.

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Bench S.B. Sinha and V.S. Sirpurkar JJ.
Decided 23 January 2009

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Service Law: Appointment - Post of Sub-Inspector of Police - c Selection procedure - To hold written exams and candidates qualifying therein to appear in physical test followed by interview - Selection Committee holding interview prior to holding of physical test - Correctness of - Held: In view of the nature of job, physical ability test was extremely important - Passing in physical test is sine qua non for selection of candidates to the said post - It was a competitive test - Thus, merit list should have been prepared not only on basis of written test and interview but also physical ability…

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