Bringing an end to prolonged legal uncertainty surrounding the Group-1 appointments in Telangana, the Supreme Court of India dismissed a batch of petitions challenging the recruitment of 563 candidates to Group-1 posts by the Telangana Public Service Commission (TGPSC).
The Bench, comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Justice Sandeep Mehta, favoured the earlier verdict of the Telangana High Court, which upheld the Group-1 Mains results and permitted the State government to go ahead with the appointments.
The Bench said that it was not inclined to interfere with the High Court judgement and dismissed the Special Leave Petitions filed by P. Adhitya and others.
High Court quashes order on Group-1 revaluation; brings relief to 563 appointees
The petitioners alleged procedural and substantive irregularities in the conduct of the Group-1 Mains examination held to fill 563 vacancies, and challenged the results. The objections raised were issuance of dual hall tickets, alleged non-transparent centre allocation, lack of moderation in evaluation, inconsistencies in the English qualifying paper, and alleged bias against Telugu medium candidates.
