The Supreme Court on Friday termed as unfair the Bihar government’s decision to cancel the 2019 selection process for recruitment of over 6,000 junior engineers in the Water Resources Department. A bench comprising Justices Bela M Trivedi and Satish Chandra Sharma said canceling the selection process after completion amounts to changing the rules after the process is over, which is unacceptable.
The Court directed the Bihar Technical Service Commission (BTSC) to continue the appointment process as per the new selection list submitted before the Patna High Court. The court said in the order: “In view of the order passed by the High Court on April 19, 2022, a new select list will be prepared and the new select list will include, to the extent possible, those meritorious candidates who “They would otherwise be eligible and were eligible only for the positions mentioned in the 2017 Rules.” They were disqualified due to the amendment of.
It directed the BTSC to prepare a revised shortlist of successful candidates within three months and directed the state government to appoint them within 30 days.
The high court’s decision comes after an appeal against the decision of the Patna High Court, which had closed the pending cases against the appointment process after taking note of the state’s decision that had quashed the selection process.
The High Court was hearing petitions challenging the validity of a rule of the Bihar Water Resources Department Subordinate Engineering (Civil) Cadre Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2017. In the rules, technical qualification eligibility was determined for selection and appointment to the post in Bihar.
BTSC published an advertisement in March 2019, inviting applications for 6,379 vacancies for the post of junior engineer in various state departments.
As per the rules, the candidate must have a Diploma in Civil Engineering awarded by the concerned Council for Technical Education/University and recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Some candidates had approached the High Court against the rejection of their application forms as they had obtained the necessary diplomas from private universities, which were not approved by the AICTE.
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