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Ignoring Merit in Public Job Selection Violation of Constitution, Says SC

Selections to public employment should be on the basis of merit and appointing people with lesser merit ignoring those who have secured more marks would be in violation of the Constitution, the Supreme Court has said.

A bench of Justices L Nageswara Rao and Indira Banerjee made the observation while upholding an order of Jharkhand High Court which allowed the appointment of 43 persons for the post of Police Sub-Inspectors on the basis of their merit after authorities prepared a revised select list correcting the irregularities.