{"id":89924,"date":"1990-11-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1990-11-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mohinder-sain-garg-etc-etc-vs-state-of-punjab-and-ors-on-15-november-1990-2"},"modified":"2015-02-07T14:21:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-07T08:51:44","slug":"mohinder-sain-garg-etc-etc-vs-state-of-punjab-and-ors-on-15-november-1990-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/mohinder-sain-garg-etc-etc-vs-state-of-punjab-and-ors-on-15-november-1990-2","title":{"rendered":"Mohinder Sain Garg Etc. Etc vs State Of Punjab And Ors on 15 November, 1990"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Supreme Court of India<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Mohinder Sain Garg Etc. Etc vs State Of Punjab And Ors on 15 November, 1990<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_citations\">Equivalent citations: 1990 SCR,   Supl. (3) 108  1991 SCC  (1) 662<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_author\">Author: N Kasliwal<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_bench\">Bench: Kasliwal, N.M. (J)<\/div>\n<pre>           PETITIONER:\nMOHINDER SAIN GARG ETC. ETC.\n\n\tVs.\n\nRESPONDENT:\nSTATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS.\n\nDATE OF JUDGMENT15\/11\/1990\n\nBENCH:\nKASLIWAL, N.M. (J)\nBENCH:\nKASLIWAL, N.M. (J)\nFATHIMA BEEVI, M. (J)\n\nCITATION:\n 1990 SCR  Supl. (3) 108  1991 SCC  (1) 662\n JT 1990 (4)   704\t  1990 SCALE  (2)1014\n\n\nACT:\n Civil Service:\n     Excise and Taxation Inspectors-- Appointment of--Exami-\nnation-Viva  voce--Value  and importance of--Fixing  25\t  of\ntotal marks  Whether arbitrary and excessive--Calling for  a\nlarge\tnumber\t of  candidates--Whether   vitiates   selec-\ntion--Quashing of selection-Desirability of.\n\n\n\nHEADNOTE:\n    For\t filling up 47 posts of Excise and Taxation  Inspec-\ntors in Punjab, the Chairman, Selection Committee issued  an\nadvertisement  in newspaper. The advertisement\tstated\tthat\nthere would be three written papers in English, Punjabi\t and\nGeneral\t Knowledge  of Degree Standard and would  carry\t 100\nmarks  each. Those who obtain 33% in each paper and  40%  in\nthe  aggregate were to be called for interview\twhich  would\ncarry 100 marks.\n    The\t examination  was held and the\tSelection  Committee\ncalled more than 1200 candidates for interview. By the\ttime\nthe  Selection\tcommenced  the vacancies  increased  to\t 54.\ncomprising  of 28 posts or Taxation Inspectors and 26  posts\nof Excise Inspectors. After the interview and selection, all\nthe  54 posts were filled, taking into account the  reserva-\ntions made for Scheduled Caste, Backward class,\t Ex-service-\nmen, dependents of freedom fighters etc. The appellants\t who\nwere unsuccessful in the interview filed a Writ Petition  in\nthe  High  Court challenging the procedure  adopted  by\t the\nSelection  Committee.  The  High Court\tdismissed  the\tWrit\nPetitions following two Judgments of its Full Bench, v. iz.,\nJoginaer  Singh v. State of Haryana, AIR 1966 Punjab &amp;\tHar-\nyana 339 and <a href=\"\/doc\/1183350\/\">Vikram Singh &amp; Ors. v. The Subordinate Services\nSelection Board, Haryana &amp; Ors'., AIR<\/a> 1988 Punjab &amp;  Haryana\n299.  The appellants have preferred the appeals\t by  special\nleave,\tagainst\t the Judgment of the High  Court.  The\tWrit\nPetitioners  have approached this Court\t direct\t challenging\nthe selection made.\n    The appellants and the petitioners contended that  since\nthe  Selection\tCommittee  had called  1200  candidates\t for\ninterview for only 54 posts, it gave the power of arbitrari-\nness  for selection of the candidates. It was impossible  to\ncarry out a satisfactory viva voce list if such a large\n109\nnumber\tof candidates were called for interview. The  inter-\nview was not only casual but also superficial and stoppy and\nthe assessment made at such interviews can never reflect the\ntrue  measure of the personality of the candidates.  It\t was\nalso contended that keeping 100 marks for interview, that is\n25 per cent of the total marks, gave arbitrary powers to the\nSelection  Committee, and hence violative of Article  14  of\nthe Constitution.\n    On\tbehalf of the respondents it.was contended that\t the\nWrit  Petitions and appeals were not maintainable since\t all\nthe  respondents in the High Court were not impleaded;\tthat\nsince the selected candidates have already joined the  posts\nsuch  appointments may not be quashed. It was  further\tcon-\ntended\tthat  the observations made in Ashok  Kumar  Yadav's\ncase have no relevance to the present cases since the selec-\ntion was made by Departmental Selection Committee and not by\nPublic\tService Commission; that all the candidates who\t had\nqualified  in the written examination had to be\t called\t for\ninterview irrespective of the number; that marks were award-\ned  by the members of selection Committee who were  experts,\nsolely\ton the basis of the response of candidates and\tthat\nno excessive marks were awarded to any candidate.\n    Dismissing the Writ Petitions and one appeal and  allow-\ning the other appeals, this Court,\n    HELD:  1.1. Ashok Kumar Yadavs case was decided in\t1985\nand  there  is\tno reason why the State of  Punjab  did\t not\nfollow the same for making selections in 1989 for the  posts\nof  Excise and Taxation Inspectors. It is no  doubt  correct\nthat the selection of Taxation and Excise Inspectors is done\nby  a Subordinate Selection body and not by  Public  Service\nCommission yet no valid reason has been given as to why that\nprinciple should not be applied in these cases as well. Even\nif the said principle may not in terms apply in these  cases\nto  the extent of laying down 12.5% of the total  marks\t for\nviva  voce test which was made applicable for selections  to\nbe made by V.P.S.C., the percentage of viva voce test in the\npresent\t cases\tat 25% of the total marks is  arbitrary\t and\nexcessive. There could be no gain saying that viva voce test\ncannot\tbe  totally dispensed with, but taking note  of\t the\nsituation and conditions prevailing in our country, it would\nnot be reasonable to have the percentage of viva voce  marks\nmore than 15 per cent of the total marks in the selection of\ncandidates  fresh from college\/school for public  employment\nby direct recruitment where the rules provided for a compos-\nite  process of selection---namely, written examination\t and\ninterview. [133G-H; 134A-C]\n110\n    1.2. It would be doing injustice to such candidates, who\nhave  already  been selected and have joined the  posts,  to\nquash  their selections even if it is held that 25 per\tcent\nmarks for viva voce test were excessively high. [134D-E]\n    1.3. Though it was not proper for the Selection  Commit-\ntee to have called as much as 1200 candidates for  selection\nof 54 posts, the selection cannot be vitiated merely on this\nground\tas  such action is not tainted by any mala  fide  or\noblique\t motive. The respondents also stated that  they\t had\ncalled all the eligible candidates as the same practice\t was\nfollowed  since\t 1970 and according to the  rules  all\tsuch\ncandidates had qualified in the written examination, and had\nto be called for interview.\n    Ashok Kumar Yadav and Ors. etc. etc. v. State of Haryana\nJUDGMENT:\n<\/pre>\n<p>etc.  v. State of Tamil Nadu &amp; Ors., [1971] 2 SCR 430;\tMiss<br \/>\nNishi Maghu and Ors. v. State of J &amp; K &amp; Ors., [1980] 4\t SCC<br \/>\n95;  <a href=\"\/doc\/1186368\/\">Ajay Hasia &amp; Ors. v. Khalid Mujib Sehravardi and  Ors.,<\/a><br \/>\n[1981] 1 SCC 722; <a href=\"\/doc\/1882009\/\">Koshal Kumar Gupta &amp; Ors. v. State of J  &amp;<br \/>\nK and Ors.,<\/a> [1984] 3 SCR 407, relied on.\n<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"\/doc\/308482\/\">State  of U.P. v. Rafiquddin and Ors.,<\/a> [1987] Supp.\t SCC<br \/>\n401;  Mahmood  Alam Tariq and Ors. v. State of\tRajasthan  &amp;<br \/>\nOrs., [1988] 3 SCC 241; distinguished.\n<\/p>\n<p>Liladhar  v.  State of Rajasthan &amp; Ors., [1981] 4  SCC\t159,<br \/>\nreferred to.\n<\/p>\n<p>    2. Even if the entire selection is quashed and a  direc-<br \/>\ntion given to hold the viva voce test afresh by reducing the<br \/>\npercentage of marks, it would be a futile exercise so far as<br \/>\nthe  two  Writ Petitioners are concerned, as they  stood  no<br \/>\nchance\tof being selected even remotely. According to  Ashok<br \/>\nKumar  Yadav&#8217;s case candidates should be called\t only  three<br \/>\ntimes the number of seats available for appointment. If that<br \/>\ncriteria  was  applied\tthen the two  Writ  Petitioners\t had<br \/>\nabsolutely  no chance of being called for interview for\t the<br \/>\none  post of Taxation Inspector in the category of  backward<br \/>\nclass. [135C-E].\n<\/p>\n<p>    Ashok Kumar Yadav and Ors. etc. etc. v. State of Haryana<br \/>\n&amp; Ors. etc. etc. [1985] Suppl. SCR 657, referred to.<br \/>\n    3.1. In the general category 897 candidates had appeared<br \/>\nin interview and so far as one of the four appellants, viz.,<br \/>\nRajesh Kumar<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\">111<\/span><br \/>\nSaili is concerned, he secured 26 marks in interview and his<br \/>\nposition  was 668th. He stood no chance of being called\t for<br \/>\ninterview  if candidates upto three times the number of\t the<br \/>\nposts  were called for interview. Even if the percentage  of<br \/>\nmarks  in viva voce was reduced from 25 per cent to  15\t per<br \/>\ncent he stood no chance of selection even remotely. [135G-H]<br \/>\n    3.2.  The respondents are directed to appoint the  other<br \/>\nthree appellants belonging to general category on the  posts<br \/>\nof  Taxation Inspector\/Excise Inspector as the case may\t be,<br \/>\nif they are otherwise found suitable for these posts. It  is<br \/>\nfurther\t made clear that in case anyone of these  appellants<br \/>\nhas  become over-aged during this period, this would not  be<br \/>\nconsidered  as a disqualification for their  appointment  to<br \/>\nthe above post. [136G-H; 137-A]<\/p>\n<p>&amp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supreme Court of India Mohinder Sain Garg Etc. Etc vs State Of Punjab And Ors on 15 November, 1990 Equivalent citations: 1990 SCR, Supl. (3) 108 1991 SCC (1) 662 Author: N Kasliwal Bench: Kasliwal, N.M. (J) PETITIONER: MOHINDER SAIN GARG ETC. ETC. Vs. RESPONDENT: STATE OF PUNJAB AND ORS. 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