respect of Post Code 17/07 was then completed.
(vi) Instead of completing the selection process for the Post Code 163/07, DSSSB-respondent ... initiating fresh selection process, vide Advertisement Nos.01/2011 and 01/2013, thus and thereby virtually annulling the earlier selection process without rhyme or reason
worth Rs. 22 crores.
It was averred that the entire selection process was completely
vitiated and it was not possible to separate the meritorious
candidates ... setting aside a selection may require the State to
establish that the process was so tainted that the entire selection
process is liable
apposite in this regard:
“By the time the selection process was initiated and completed,
these decisions were holding the field. However, when the writ
petitions ... cloud
was cast on the said decisions only after the selection process
was completed and the results were declared or about to be
declared
coordinate bench of this court dealing with the said selection process
of Drivers and Conductors examined the controversy relating to
higher cut off marks ... thereafter, to
proceed further with the selection process and the entire exercise
was directed to be completed within a period of three months. The
RSRTC
years to complete the inquiry
and to submit its report to the Chancellor in which the entire process of
selection and appointment came under severe ... months or till the process of selection
and appointment based on the selection process is completed by the
respondent, whichever is earlier, the appellants shall
several
decisions. Till the time the selection process in the present case was
initiated and completed these decisions were holding the field. The
correctness ... cloud was cast
on the said decisions only after the selection process was
completed and the results were declared or about to be declared
under the Bihar
Reorganization Act . On completion of the selection
process the Commission sent to the State Government a
list of 127 candidates vide letter ... plea of hardship of the
candidates or the completion of long drawn selection process as
has weighed upon the learned Single Judge in the impugned
accordance with the aforesaid direction in processing and completing the selection process.
16. We clarify that the issue as to whether the appellants hold
absconding. It is
indisputable that the applicants, after the selection process was
complete, were appointed as Constables. But, after registration
of Crime No.18/20013
Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, indicated that the selection
process had been completed, with the proposal of appointing the five
members chosen by the Selection ... posts."
42. In this case, seniority is not completely excluded from the
selection process. The zone of consideration prepared as the first step
