vacancies were notified and under Code No.1073, 13 vacancies were notified and only at the time of sending call letters, 186 vacancies are increased ... rules subsequent to the date of notification of vacancies. Filling up the vacancies over the notified vacancies is neither permissible nor desirable, for the reason
that in all four departments, vide a common order the vacancies for promotion were increased after realizing acute stagnation of promotees to occupy higher/promotional ... settled seniority. Once no direct recruits have been appointed against the increased vacancies, there is no question of fixation of their seniority
vacancies, which
are existing as on date of interview, must be filled up, because
these vacancies can not be termed as future vacancies. After
giving ... General
that in the first advertisement, it has been mentioned that
vacancies may increase or decrease. This aspect of the matter
has already been clarified
petitioners were made to compete with the applicants of
subsequent increased vacancies after the expiry of the last date of
submission of applications ... marks has been applied only because of the increase of
number of vacancies and there could have been no necessity of applying
such a method
shown as to what treatment was given to the increased number of
vacancies in the years 1992 and 1993 and even ... vacancy statement submitted
by the appellants themselves, substantial number of rather
increased vacancies were available in the years 1992-93. They could
not have continued
prayed for setting aside the Order dated 1-2-2006 whereby vacancies were increased as a result of the said cadre review adding ... Their specific stand in the writ petition was that if the increased vacancies were available in 2004 as a result of the cadre review
through the same examination over the same period of
time by increasing the vacancies for the IPS by say 70 every year," it said ... year) through its regular Civil Services
Examination by increasing its IPS vacancies and, therefore, there was no
need for LCE method. No doubt, there were
would be arbitrary. Filling up of vacancies over the
notified vacancies amounts to filling up of future
vacancies and thus, not permissible in law. ( Vide ... However, before the selection
process could be completed, the number of vacancies was increased from 15 to 33
and in keeping with the requirement
vacancies
could be increased or decreased. Ultimately, the number of
vacancies was increased to 61. In the written test held for the
selections, the appellant
advertisement disclosed the details of vacancies and reservation as follows:-
"3. Details of vacancies
Total vacancies
General ... both the examination must fill two separate applications.
No. of vacancies may increase or decrease in exceptional circumstances. 4. Horizontal Reservation is admissible
