Service Law – 30 th Bihar Judicial Service Examination – Recruitment of Judicial Officers – Rejection of Candidature – Nonproduction of original certificates at the time of interview – Bihar Public Service Examination Commission (BPSC) issued an advertisement for conducting examination for 349 posts of Civil Judge (Junior Division) – After conducting the examination, Commission issued appointment letter to the successful candidates in order of merits – Candidature of eight candidates (Appellants) was cancelled by Commission for want of non-production of original certificates – Appellants have scored higher marks from the last selected candidates in their respective categories – Appellants approached the High Court by way of different petitions, which were dismissed – On appeal, held: It is evident that self-attested copies of the certificates required were submitted by the appellants at the time of their interview and even the originals were later on submitted within a few days – It is not the case of the respondent that any of these certificates referred to were found incorrect – It is only this technical ground of not producing the original certificate at the time of the interview that the candidature of these appellants was rejected – The rejection of the candidates was improper, unjustified and not warranted.
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