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Dr. M.C. Gupta And Ors. vs Dr. Arun Kumar Gupta And Ors. on 15 December, 1978

27] Reading the aforesaid minutes, it is clear that in view of the fact that only a few candidates were able to obtain the pass mark of 130 out of 300 and since the officers, as narrated to the respondent APSC, are often hard-pressed for time for adequate preparation for the departmental examination in question, the respondent APSC discussed the possibility of awarding grace marks. During discussion, though it was apprised that there was no specific provision for awarding grace marks in the relevant service rules, the respondent APSC, in terms of precedence, has been awarding grace marks to the candidates, enabling them to come out successful. It is further apparent that after a detailed discussion, the respondent APSC decided to fix the benchmark at 120, meaning thereby that those candidates who got 120 marks will get grace marks of 10 in order to bring their marks Page 26 of 31 to 130, which is the prescribed pass marks. It is thus apparent that, in view of the aforesaid decision taken by the respondent APSC, the aforesaid four candidates who had scored 120 were awarded 10 marks each and thereafter declared selected in the Departmental (Promotion) Examination. Undoubtedly, this court, while exercising powers under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, cannot examine the decision of the respondent APSC, which is in the realm of administrative decision; however, can only examine the manner in which the decision has been taken. It is needless to emphasize that it is not the function of the writ court to hear appeals over the decisions of the selection committees and to embark upon deciding the relative merits of the candidates. In other words, the decision of the selection committee/public service commission can be interfered with only on limited grounds, such as illegality or patent material irregularity in the constitution of the committee or its procedure vitiating the selection, or proved mala fides affecting the selection, etc. Reference in this regard is made to the decision of the Apex court in the case of Dr. M. C. Gupta and Ors., vs. Dr. Arun Kumar Gupta and Ors. , reported in (1979) 2 SCC 339. Relevant paragraphs of the aforesaid judgment read as hereunder: -
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