matter of conducting interviews and awarding
marks in interviews, by five members of the interviewing
committee would have been markedly different if they ... also
prescribe the minimum marks, as stated above. But if the
Selection Committee wants to prescribe minimum marks
for interview, it should do so before
Petitioner had secured 124 marks in the written examination and 24.75
marks in the interview and his aggregate was 148.75 marks out of 200,
which ... candidate shall be called for Interview. Maximum Interview
marks are 50. Company reserves the right to fix the minimum marks to
qualify in the interview
marks, (b) Numerical
ability - 20 marks, (c) Mental ability - 15 marks and (d)
General English - 15 marks. Each question will carry 1
mark. For every ... will be bilingual in
English & Malayalam.
ii) Interview: The interview is for 10 marks. The
minimum marks for being included in the ranked list
Minimum passing marks for reserved categories - 11
Failed by marks Total number of candidates
1 mark 158
2 marks 40
3 marks 60
5 marks ... were required to obtain a minimum of 11
marks out of a total of 25 marks allocated for the interview.
4.1 Concededly, the petitioner obtained
minimum of
11 out of 25 marks.
5. The petitioner claims that if the marks obtained in the written
examination and the interview are added ... been made
inasmuch, the previous regime requiring prescription of minimum qualifying
marks for interviews for Group B and C posts has been discarded
marks out of the
total 50 marks in the interview segment, was held to be
unsuccessful for not having the secured minimum
prescribed benchmark ... could not
have fixed minimum qualifying marks in the viva-voce since
the unamended MJS Rules, 2005 never envisaged minimum
marks in the viva-voce
Sunil G vs State Of Karnataka on 5 March, 2024
Author: K.Somashekar
Bench: K
there are 50 marks for
professional evaluation committee and interview. There is no provision for
constitution of professional evaluation committee and interview of the
candidates ... than the qualifying marks. As per petitioners, they could
not succeed because they were awarded lesser marks in professional
evaluation & interview. There
Rules of 1989 has
been assailed.
7. Prescription of minimum marks and aggregate marks under
sub-rule (1) and sub-rule (2) of Rule ... written
test followed by interview as also marks for confidential reports.
The marks prescribed for written test, interview and confidential
report were
noticed above, cut-off marks of 33% fixed
as qualifying marks in all subjects for the purpose
of interview cannot by any stretch of imagination ... empowers the Commission to fix
minimum qualifying marks for the purpose of
shortlisting the candidates for interview. In our
considered opinion, the power exercised
