unfair,
unreasonable, discriminatory, non-transparent, capricious or suffers
from favoritism or nepotism and violative of the mandate of Article 14
of the Constitution, the consequences ... nothing should be done which gives an appearance of
bias, jobbery or nepotism.
14.6 In Haji T.M. Hassan Rawther v. Kerala
Financial Corporation
fair and equitable manner and the
element of favouritism or nepotism shall not influence the
exercise of discretion, if any, conferred on the particulars
functionary ... treated as arbitrary, discriminatory and an act of favouritism
and/or nepotism violating, the soul of the equality clause
embodied in Article
fair and equitable manner and the
element of favouritism or nepotism shall not influence the
exercise of discretion, if any, conferred on the particulars
functionary ... treated as arbitrary, discriminatory and an act of favouritism
and/or nepotism violating, the soul of the equality clause
embodied in Article
violating relevant rules and instructions and have
indulged in favouritism and nepotism with impunity resulting in
total negation of the equality clause enshrined in Article ... Those appointed by backdoor
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methods or as a result of favoritism, nepotism or corruption do
not show any commitment to their duty as public
Government has to rise above the nexus of vested interests
of
and nepotism. Their Lordships have held as under:
"31. The Government ... rise above the nexus of
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vested interests and nepotism and eschew window-
dressing.
"The principles of governance have to be tested
selection so
made of the persons, who are respondents, reeks of nepotism,
favoritism and arbitrariness. The exercise has been done by
hoodwinking ... purposes of transparency and to
ward off any public suspicion of nepotism and
extraneous consideration weighing with the Selection
Committee, the interview
violating relevant rules and instructions and have
indulged in favouritism and nepotism with impunity resulting in
total negation of the equality clause enshrined in Article ... Those appointed by backdoor
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methods or as a result of favoritism, nepotism or corruption do
not show any commitment to their duty as public
violating relevant rules and instructions and have
indulged in favouritism and nepotism with impunity resulting in
total negation of the equality clause enshrined in Article ... Those appointed by backdoor
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methods or as a result of favoritism, nepotism or corruption do
not show any commitment to their duty as public
names from employment exchange would curb to
certain extent the menace of nepotism and corruption in
public employment. But, later on, it came ... permitted only in rarest of the rare cases to avoid
nepotism, favouritism, discrimination and arbitrariness in public
employment in contradistinction to private employment. In public
recruitment process on various grounds namely malpractice, non-adherence of reservation policy, nepotism etc. In the said writ petition the Court has considered the selection ... qualifying in the merit list.
32. I do not find any arbitrariness, nepotism or favourtism or any mal-practice in conducting the selection
