Delhi Higher Judicial Service Rules, 1970 - r. 10 -
C Fixation of minimum Bench Marks for interview by High Court
- Permissibility of - Appointment on the post of District
Judges - Three vacancies reserved for Scheduled castes
candidates - Three such candidates went through selection
process - Two petitioners found unsuitable on failure to secure required minimum marks in interview - Writ petition
seeking directions to High Court to appoint them on the said
posts - Held: r. 10 does not provide for any particular
procedure/criteria for holding the tests rather it enables High
Court to prescribe the criteria - In absence of any statutory requirement of securing minimum marks in interview, High
Court ought to have followed the principle to offer appointment
to candidates who had secured the requisite marks in
aggregate in written examination as well as interview, ignoring
the requirement of securing minimum marks in interview in view of the directions issued by this court earlier in respect of
the same issue- Out of the two petitioners' one of them having
secured more than the required marks in aggregate, to be
appointed - Judiciary - Service Law.