A Candidate In PSC Rank List Does Not Get An Indefeasible Right To Be Appointed: Kerala HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

23 Feb 2019 12:09 PM IST

"A candidate in a rank list certainly obtains a statutory right for being considered for appointment to every vacancy reported during its life span, subject to his/her position and turn therein, but does not get a vested right for being appointed to a post"

A full bench of Kerala High Court has observed that no candidate can claim a legally enforceable right to be appointed to a particular post merely on the strength of his/her inclusion in the rank list published by the Public Service Commission. The bench comprising Justice PR Ramachandra Menon, Justice Devan Ramachandran and Justice N. Anil Kumar, was answering a reference from the...

A Candidate In PSC Rank List Does Not Get An Indefeasible Right To Be Appointed: Kerala HC (FB) [Read Judgment]

Ashok Kini

"A candidate in a rank list certainly obtains a statutory right for being considered for appointment to every vacancy reported during its life span, subject to his/her position and turn therein, but does not get a vested right for being appointed to a post"

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