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37. We do not think that discrepancies, in holding the eligibility test in question, as noted above, are such that the entire exercise, done by the Board, is required to be annulled. There is no allegation of any malpractice nor any irregularity of such nature warranting scrapping of the entire exercise."

16. The learned counsel appearing for the Board has also relied upon a judgment rendered by the Hon'ble Apex Court, reported in 2014(14) SCC 95 (Secretary, Tamil Nadu Patna High Court CWJC No.11762 of 2018 dt.09-08-2019 Public Service Commission vs. A.B. Natarajan & Ors.) to contend that any irregularity / malpractice committed by a candidate while writing examination in violation of the instructions given to the candidates renders candidature of such candidates to become ineligible. In this regard, it would be relevant to reproduce paragraph nos. 11, 12, 15, 16, 18 and 19 herein below:-

15. Normally, a straightforward candidate, who does not want to indulge in any malpractice, Patna High Court CWJC No.11762 of 2018 dt.09-08-2019 would never make any effort to reveal his identity or make any special marking in his answer book. The purpose behind doing something abnormal or something which is not permitted, can be said to be an indication to the examiner about the identity of the candidate. Such an action on the part of the candidate cannot be tolerated if one wants clean, fair and transparent process of selection.