Sri N Mahesha vs The Registrar General on 26 July, 2019
(2008) 1 SCC (L&S) 841] as well as in Hemani
Malhotra v. High Court of Delhi [Hemani
Malhotra v. High Court of Delhi, (2008) 7 SCC
11 : (2008) 2 SCC (L&S) 203] . In my view
once the petitioner was declared as the lone
candidate having passed in the written
examination, it matters little whether
minimum marks for interview were introduced
before or after calling him for interview. The
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petitioner or any other person in his place,
knowing fully well that there was no separate
cut-off or pass mark for the viva voce, would
not feel any pressure to be extra ready for the
interview. In order to ensure fairness, after
the Full Court decision on 12-1-2015 to fix
40% as pass marks for viva voce, the
petitioner ought to have been informed of this
development, at least when intimation of date
of interview was communicated to him
through letter dated 29-1-2015. Since the viva
voce was held on 12-2-2015, he would have
got some time to improve his preparations to
meet the 40% cut-off newly introduced. That
was not done. In such circumstances, I do not
find any material, reason or circumstance to
distinguish the case of K. Manjusree [K.
Manjusreev. State of A.P., (2008) 3 SCC 512 :