Supreme Court of India

Union of India v. Mahendra Singh

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Bench Hemant Gupta and Vikram Nath JJ.
Decided 25 July 2022

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Service Law – Condition provided in the advertisement that the application has to be in the language for which the candidates want to attempt the question paper – Violation of – Effect – Writ petitioner appeared for the written test and wrote the paragraph in Hindi on the OMR sheet, though in the application form, he had written it in English – Candidature rejected – Decision set aside by Single Judge, affirmed by Division Bench – On appeal, held: The condition that language in the application form shall be used for the purposes of OMR examination is for the reason that in case any dispute…

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