guidelines were provided as to division of marks in written or viva voce and for considering service record, as a result of which selection ... concept of zone of consideration would be applicable only at viva voce stage and not at the stage of written test and so, selection should
declare that the prescription of minimum qualifying
marks in the viva voce test was illegal. The
petitioners want themselves to be considered as duly
selected ... stood unqualified as
could not obtain minimum qualifying marks in the viva
voce and personality test. The petitioner of Special
Civil Application No.12701
petitioner being successful in the written test was called for Viva Voce. The case of the petitioner is that he appeared well in Viva Voce ... successful in the written examination and hence, he was called for Viva Voce; that he could not succeed in Viva Voce and therefore, his name
merely a minimum qualification for eligibility to appear at the viva voce test. Every candidate to be eligible for appearing at the viva voce must ... candidate to insist that he should be called for the viva voce test. There is no obligation on the Haryana Public Service Commission to call
petitioner who has cleared successfully the
competitive examination and viva voce conducted by Gujarat High
Court Respondent No.2 hereinabove and whose name has also ... succeeding in main examination he was to appear for oral interview
(viva-voce) to be conducted on 18/12/2011. Accordingly petitioner
appeared
reduced. ... ...
... .... .. But in any event, the marks allocated for
viva voce test cannot be as high as 33.3%.
29. ... ... We would therefore direct that ... middle aged
personalities fully developed, the percentage of
marks allocated for viva voce test may be 25.
Whatever selections are made by the Haryana
Service
Supreme Court held that allocation of 22.2% marks for
viva-voce was excessive and unreasonably high. That
marks allotted to the written test as well ... method of selection may be
by a viva voice test.
...... Now if both written examination and viva voce
test are accepted as essential features
clause No.10.97 (iv), it has been prescribed
that, 'viva-voce Test should be in a thorough and
Scientific Manner and it should ... Clause 5(II)(B) as
under:
"(II)(B) Viva-vode (Oral Interview):-
(i) Viva-voce (Oral Interview), shall be
of 50 Marks
marks and also
regarding the contention that marks of viva-voce, which
should not be the higher percentage as such is fixed in
the present ... ground that minimum marks should not
be prescribe for viva voce/interview and, therefore, he has
submitted that the question of estoppel, acquiescence and
waiver
Board
in their discretion shall be summoned by them for
viva voce.
14. After the examination, the candidates will be
arranged by the Board ... Rule 13 does not envisage
obtaining of minimum marks at the viva voce test
even though it contemplates obtaining minimum
marks at the written test
