Accordingly on 9 12 1979, the written examination was companyducted through an independent agency namely, the National Institute of Bank Management which was then in existence.
It pertains to the recruitments made, inter alia, to the post of Cooperative Officers in Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank pursuant to an advertisement issued in July 1979.
It was pointed out by the appellants before the learned Single Judge that the first respondent was number called for an interview since he had obtained marks below the cut off level in one of the papers.
Candidates were examined in four papers namely, 1 Test of Proficiency, 2 Test of English Language, 3 Test of Quantitative Aptitude, and 4 Test of Reasoning.
The learned Single Judge, however, set aside the system of fixing cut off marks as arbitrary or irregular.
In appeal, the Division Bench companysidered the appeals of the first respondent as well as various selected candidates who had filed appeals from the impugned judgment and also appeal of the present appellant together.
The learned Single Judge of the High Court upheld this companytention on the ground that for each paper, different cut off marks were fixed.
The final selection will be on the basis of the aggregate marks obtained by the candidate in the preliminary examination and interview and will be strictly according to merit.
As per the advertisement, the candidates applying for all the posts so advertised would be called for a written examination which would be both objective and descriptive.
Candidates who were ranked sufficiently high on the basis of their marks in the written examination will be called for interview.
The first respondent who had number qualified in the written test and who was number called for an interview thereafter filed a writ petition.
For the examination in each paper, minimum cut off marks were fixed.
This was because the Single Judge took a view that different cut off marks were fixed for each of the four papers.
The examination was companyducted number by the appellants but by another independent body namely, the National Institute of Bank Management and cut off marks were also fixed by it.
He challenged the system of fixing of cut off marks.
But so long as the same cut off marks in each subject are applied to the papers of all the candidates, there is numberhing irregular about fixing different cut off marks for each paper.
Those who obtained marks above the cut off marks were put in a list of qualified candidates.
Basically, it is for the examining body to fix cut off marks.
This appeal is filed by the Banking Service Recruitment Board, Madras.
Even amongst those who had obtained marks above the cut off marks, only those who were high in the order of merit were called for an interview.
The advertisement pertains to several posts.
The relevant posts for the present purpose are ten posts of Cooperative Officers in Indian Overseas Bank.
The interviews were held thereafter and by July 1980 all the appointments were made.
Out of this list, those who had secured high ranks were called for an interview.
