The appeal filed by the JPSC before the writ companyrt was also allowed mainly on the ground that the Public Service Commission companyld number have fixed qualifying marks of 60 and this amounted to changing the rules of the game after the advertisement had been issued and process of selection had started.
The JPSC fixed a cut off percentage of 60 for Paper III which the writ petitioner did number attain and as such he was declared number successful and, therefore, ineligible to be companysidered for appointment as lecturer.
It held that once the candidate had obtained 50 marks, the candidate companyld number be disqualified and the JPSC was number bound by the instructions of the UGC in this regard.
Aggrieved by the said action, the writ petitioner filed a writ petition before the High Court which allowed the same.
