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17. As per the Preliminary Report, Paras Ram has only 39.5 marks which was rounded to 40, whereas in the case of private respondents they have scored well above the bench mark as applicable in their case (except Respondent No. 8, whose case there was human error during coding and decoding of roll numbers).

18. Before discussing the case at hand, we may also take note of some more judgments of the Apex Court, which are referred to by the Tribunal as well. In Union of India and Ors. v. O. Chakradhar , the Court opined that where the illegality and irregularity are so inter-mixed with the whole process of selection that it becomes impossible to sort out the right from the wrong or vice versa, then the whole selection process is to be quashed. The Court had affirmed the decision of the authorities to cancel the selection and made the following observations in the process: