[MPSC Exam] Judicial Intervention In Result Even At Interim Stage Of Proceedings Affects All Candidates: Bombay High Court

Case: Somnath Jotiram Chavan & Ors v. State of Maharashtra & Ors

Coram: Justices G.S. Patel and Gauri Godse

Case No.: Writ Petition No. 8575 of 2022

Court Observation: “Indeed, we would venture to suggest that except in the most exceptional circumstances, there should not be such interim interventions by a Court for the simple reason that allowing the benefit to even a single candidate (let alone 250) irredeemably alters the balance in regard to the other candidates who have managed to cross the qualifying threshold criteria.”

“…it is not possible to say that for other candidates the examination should be of 95 questions, but for these Writ Petitioners alone it should be treated as being of 96 questions”

“What is being canvassed before us is precisely the opposite: viz. ,that the Petitioners should be given preferential treatment and the uniform applicability of the MPSC deletion decision should not made applicable to the Petitioners. That is a submission that only needs to be stated to be rejected”

“Even basic notions of equity and justice would not permit such a preferential treatment.”

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