Dr. Kumar Chandan vs Indira Gandhi Institute Of Medical ... on 9 February, 2024
In any case, we find that the direction [Aditya
Narayan Roy v. Union of India, 2018 SCC OnLine Pat 6164]
Patna High Court L.P.A No.318 of 2021 dt. 09-02-2024
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issued by the High Court directing the State Screening
Committee to recommend Respondent 1's name to UPSC was
completely without jurisdiction. Upon reaching a finding of
arbitrariness in the selection process, the Court could at the
most have issued a direction to the State Screening Committee
to reassess the names of all candidates by giving due
consideration to all relevant documents. As already observed
above, it was not for the Court to sit in judgment over the
merit of the candidates and substitute its reasoning for that of
the Screening Committee. Be that as it may, in light of the
above discussion, we conclude that there is no case to direct
the reconsideration of the seventeen candidates before the
Screening Committee, or to interfere with the appointments
already made for the selection year 2014."