INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: A decade after they were appointed judicial officers in Himachal Pradesh after cracking the exam, the Supreme Court has held
their appointment was bad in law as they were recruited over and above the vacancies which were advertised but refrained from useating them
from judicial service saying that they were not at fault and quashing their appointment would not be in public interest.A bench of Justices
C T Ravikumar and Sudhanshu Dhulia said that recruitment could be done only for vacancies that have been advertised and not beyond that, and
the authority was at fault for recruiting them
Vacancies which could not be anticipated before the date of advertisement, or the vacancies which did not exist at the time of
issued in 2013 by the Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission inviting applications from candidates against eight vacancies for the post
of Civil Judge (Junior Division)
Two additional names were declared qualified beyond eight posts which were advertised.
