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IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA,

PRINCIPAL BENCH AT BANGALORE
WP No.27674/2012 (GM-PIL
!/" WP No.41#66/2012, WP No.277#0/2012, WP
No.4#71$/2012 % WP No&.4#720-7#2/2012, WP
No.42'7/201# ()* WP No.17##/201#
B+,"++):
Khaleel Ahmed K.R
& Others
..Petitioners
A)*:
State of Karnataka
& Others
.Respondents
-.NOP-I- / -UMMAR.
The Petitioners humbly submit this synopsis / summary as
per the order dated !."."#! of this $on%ble &ourt:
1. 'ith re(ard to the #))* +at,h sele,tion pro,ess-
,ertain persons had approa,hed the Karnataka
Administrati.e Tribunal /KAT0 and the KAT .ide order
dated 1."."" in Appl. 2os. 3)#43)*/"# had
ordered for re.aluation of entire ans5er s,ripts
/Anne6ure: A4#- 7olume "- pa(es "8)498 of the
Report0. The KPS& ,hallen(ed the said order by :lin(
'.P. 2os. #"8!*4#"8*)/""- 5herein a parti,ular
pro,edure had been ordered by this $on%ble &ourt /on
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the su((estions of the KPS&0 for the moderation of
ans5er s,ripts in " optional sub;e,ts /Paper < & << in
ea,h0 and =eneral Studies /Paper < & <<0 /Anne6ure: A4"-
7olume "- pa(es 98#4!*# of the Report0. The same
,ame to be ,hallen(ed before the $on%ble Supreme
&ourt in &i.il Appeal 2os. 1""9419#"/"8- 5hi,h ,ame
to be dismissed .ide order dated 1.#."8
/Anne6ure: A49- 7olume "- pa(es !*"48"" of the
Report0.
2. Apart from the alle(ations of irre(ular e.aluation- there
5ere other alle(ations and the =o.ernment of
Karnataka appointed a &ommittee of one Sri. K.K.
>ishra- the then Addl. &hief Se,retary- 5ho opined that
a.ailable data su((est that there is irre(ularities in a
.ery lar(e s,ale and possible in.ol.ement of a .ery
lar(e number of persons asso,iated 5ith the
e6amination and 5hat has been unearthed 5as only the
pro.erbial ?tip of the i,eber(%. Sri. K.K. >ishra opined
that a thorou(h en@uiry is re@uired. /Anne6ure: + in '.P.
2o. "313!/"#"- pa(e 9" to !80.
#. Some of the Petitioners in the abo.e 5rit petition
sou(ht for .arious information re(ardin( the sele,tion
pro,ess of the three bat,hes .iA #))*- #))) & "!. On
the basis of the information (athered- it ,ame to the
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kno5led(e of the petitioners that lar(e4s,ale ille(alities
and irre(ularities ha.e taken pla,e in the said bat,hes
of sele,tion. The petitioners approa,hed this $on%ble
&ourt .ide '.P. 2o. ##88/"*- seekin( &+< en@uiry.
4. This $on%ble &ourt 5as pleased to order for an en@uiry
by the &<B- .ide order dated #1.#"."# /Anne6ure: &-
in '.P. 2o. "313!/"#"- pa(es !1 to !)0- 5ith re(ard to
the said 9 bat,hes. Some of the sele,ted ,andidates
sou(ht to (et the said order re.ie5ed by :lin( R.P. 2o.
9)/"##- 5hi,h prayer 5as not (ranted and the &<B
,ondu,ted the en@uiry and submitted its :nal report
/Anne6ure: C- in '.P. 2o. "313!/"#"- pa(es ##9 to
#)*0- 5herein it 5as found that there ha.e been
irre(ularities and non4follo5in( of the orders of this
$on%ble &ourt. 'hile submittin( the said report- the &<B
had also opined that not only ,riminal a,tion- but also
,orre,ti.e a,tion is re@uired.
/. 2o ,orre,ti.e a,tion 5as taken by the =o.ernment on
the basis of the said &<B Report. The petitioners (a.e
representations to the =o.ernment seekin( a,tion on
the &<B report /Anne6ure: D- in '.P. 2o. "313!/"#"-
pa(es "9 to "#"0. $o5e.er- the =o.ernment refused
to take any a,tion and (a.e an endorsement that it had
not been dire,ted by this $on%ble &ourt to take any
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a,tion /Anne6ure: 2- in '.P. 2o. "313!/"#"- pa(es "#8
& "#10. A((rie.ed by this the petitioners approa,hed
this $on%ble &ourt by :lin( '.P. 2o. "313!/"#". EThis
$on%ble &ourt .ide order dated ".!."#" in '.P. 2os.
))*/")- ##88/"* & other ,onne,ted matters i.e.
the matters in 5hi,h &<B en@uiry had been ordered-
(a.e liberty to the petitioners to approa,h this $on%ble
&ourt by 5ay of fresh pro,eedin(s- if still dissatis:ed:
/Anne6ure: =- in '.P. 2o. "313!/"#"- pa(es 3* & 3)0F.
6. Burin( the ,ourse of the pro,eedin(s in '.P. 2o.
"313!/"#" i.e. the present pro,eedin(s- the KPS& :led
its say- dated #*.)."#9- on the &<B Report- and
admitted ,ertain irre(ularities. At this ;un,ture- this
$on%ble &ourt 5as pleased to ,onstitute a Ga,t Gindin(
&ommittee- ,onsistin( the &ounsel for the petitioners-
&ounsel representin( the KPS&- &ounsel representin(
the =o.ernment and the &ounsel representin( the
sele,ted ,andidates- for the purpose of ,olle,tin( and
analyAin( data and to submit the summary of the
analysis /.ide order dated ".)."#90. A,,ordin(ly- a
report ,onsistin( of the analysis of data and summary-
,ontainin( the .ie5s of the members representin( the
petitioners- =o.ernment and KPS& ,ame to be
submitted on 9#.#."#! and the &ounsel representin(
/
the sele,ted ,andidates submitted a separate report. A
synopsis of the report also ,ame to be submitted by the
&ounsel representin( the petitioners- on !."."#9.
7. 'ith re(ard to the fa,tual data as ,ontained in the
Report- the members representin( the petitioners-
=o.ernment and the KPS& ,on,ur.
$. The analysis of the data and information 5ith re(ard to
the three bat,hes ,an be summariAed as follo5s:
A. 1''$ B(,!0:
i. The KPS& has not ,omplied 5ith the order of this
$on%ble &ourt in '.P. 2os. #"8!*4#"8*)/""- 5ith
re(ard to the moderation & s,alin( pro,ess. >arks
a5arded by the $ead H6aminer / &hief H6aminer-
5hi,h 5as annulled- 5as taken into ,onsideration for
moderation & s,alin( pro,ess- 5hi,h should not ha.e
been done- resultin( in .itiatin( the 5hole list. KPS&
admits that there is non4,omplian,e of the order.
KPS& has also undertaken to redo the e6er,ise of
moderation and s,alin( and submit the same before
this $on%ble &ourt /Pa(e 9 of the Report0.
ii. There ha.e been irre(ularities in the pro,ess of
third .aluation /5hi,h 5as a part of the moderation
pro,ess0- resultin( in (ra.e in;usti,e. KPS& admits
that irre(ularity has taken pla,e. /Pa(es 3 to #! of
the Report0.
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iii. 2on4,ompletion of the moderation pro,ess. KPS&
admits that ) papers remained outside moderation
till "#!- althou(h it ,ompleted the pro,ess of
sele,tion in "1 itself. /Pa(e #! of the Report0.
i.. Pi,kin( of papers for moderation is not done as
per the pro,edure and the pi,kin( 5as entrusted to a
pri.ate ,ompany by the KPS&- 5ithout authority.
KPS& admits that it is una5are as to pro,edure
adopted by the pri.ate ,ompany. /Pa(es ! to 1 of the
Report0.
.. Burin( the moderation pro,ess- re.aluation of the
pi,ked ans5er s,ripts had to be done and on this
basis a.era(e .ariation had to be arri.ed at.
$o5e.er- there are instan,es 5here re.aluation 5as
done but not ,onsidered for arri.in( at a.era(e
.ariation- resultin( in non4,omplian,e of the order of
this $on%ble &ourt. /Pa(e "3 of the Report0.
.i. There ha.e been many instan,es of 5ron(
totalin(- resultin( in lar(e s,ale irre(ularity due to
the ,as,adin( eIe,t it has in moderation pro,ess.
KPS& admits that there has been 5ron( totalin( of
marks. /Pa(e #* of the Report0.
.ii. All ans5er s,ripts re@uired to be sub;e,ted to
moderation & s,alin( 5ere not sub;e,ted to the
same- thereby .iolatin( the order of this $on%ble
&ourt. /Pa(es #8 & #1 of the Report0.
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.iii. Ratio .iolation: The KPS& has follo5ed a 5ron(
pro,edure in preparin( the eli(ibility list of
,andidates for main 5ritten e6amination and
personality test. <t has 5ron(ly adopted the pro,ess
a,tually meant for preparin( sele,tion list- at the
preliminary and main e6amination sta(es- resultin(
in ,han(e of ,ate(ories of ,andidates at ea,h sta(e-
before :nal sele,tion. This has resulted in (ross
in;usti,e vis a vis e.erybody i.e. as bet5een sele,ted
and non4sele,ted ,andidates on the one hand and as
amon( the sele,ted ,andidates themsel.es on the
other hand. /Pa(es 9- 9#- ! to !3 & !) of the
Report0
i6. The personality test / inter.ie5 sta(e has been
(rossly abused. Persons 5ho se,ured marks lesser
than the last person in the parti,ular ,ate(ory 5ere
,alled for personality test and sele,ted /Pa(e 9" of
the Report0J Persons 5ho 5ere marked as absent are
a5arded marks /Pa(e 99 of the Report0J Sin(le
member ,ondu,ted inter.ie5- in .iolation of the
Rules /Pa(e 9! of the Report0J &andidates ,alled for
PT under ,ate(ory 5ere ,onsidered under => for not
submittin( reser.ation ,erti:,ates /Pa(e 91 to 9) of
the Report0J ,ate(ories 5ere manipulated /Pa(e ! &
!# of the Report0J a5ardin( unusually hi(h marks by
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the &hairman /Pa(e !# of the Report0J tamperin( of
marks durin( inter.ie5- fa,tual aspe,t of this has not
been disputed by the KPS& /Pa(e !" & !9 of the
Report0J a,,eptin( ,erti:,ates at PT sta(e /Pa(e !9
of the Report0J fa.ouritism to parti,ular ,ate(ory
/Pa(e !1 to !) of the Report0J irre(ularities in
reser.ation ,erti:,ates /Pa(e 8 to 83 of the Report0.
6. &andidates had to (i.e their preferen,es of posts
5hile applyin(- ho5e.er- e.en 5here no preferen,es
or 5ron( preferen,es 5ere (i.en- ,andidates 5ere
sele,ted /Pa(e 8* & 8) of the Report0.
6i. 2ominal roll ,um attendan,e sheets of the
,andidates ha.e been destroyed /Pa(e #) of the
Report0.
+. 1''' B(,!0:
1. <rre(ularity in arri.in( at a.era(e marks. KPS&
admits the mistakes. /Pa(e 1"- 19 of the Report0.
11. Ratio .iolation: The KPS& has follo5ed a 5ron(
pro,edure in preparin( the eli(ibility list of
,andidates for main 5ritten e6amination and
personality test. <t has 5ron(ly adopted the pro,ess
a,tually meant for preparin( sele,tion list- at the
preliminary and main e6amination sta(es- resultin(
in ,han(e of ,ate(ories of ,andidates at ea,h sta(e-
before :nal sele,tion. This has resulted in (ross
in;usti,e vis a vis e.erybody i.e. as bet5een sele,ted
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and non4sele,ted ,andidates on the one hand and as
amon( the sele,ted ,andidates themsel.es on the
other hand. /Pa(es 19- 1! of the Report0
111. <rre(ularities durin( personality test: tamperin( of
marks /Pa(e 3# & 3" of the Report0J marks not
a5arded by all members ,ondu,tin( inter.ie5-
aIe,tin( the takin( of a.era(e /Pa(e 13 of the
Report0J a5ardin( unusually hi(h marks by the
&hairman /Pa(e 1) & 3 of the Report0J fa.ourin(
,andidates of parti,ular ,ate(ories /Pa(e 39 of the
Report0.
12. <rre(ularities in a,,eptin( ,erti:,ates: in,omplete
,erti:,ates ha.e been a,,eptedJ improper
,erti:,ates ha.e been a,,eptedJ in,ome ,erti:,ates /
in,ome portion of the ,erti:,ate blank- a,,eptedJ
de(ree ,erti:,ates and marks ,ards not submitted
5hile applyin( /Pa(es 33- 3* of the Report0.
2. Gaulty translation of @uestion papers from Hn(lish
to Kannada- resultin( in ad.ersely aIe,tin( the
prospe,ts of ,andidates 5ho ha.e taken e6amination
in Kannada /Pa(e ## of the Report0. This has been
a,,epted by the KPS& in its submissions to KAT.
21. Bestru,tion of .ital do,uments: the KPS& has
stated that it has destroyed the ans5er s,ripts of the
#))) bat,h- althou(h a lar(e number of ,ases are
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still pendin( 5ith re(ard to the said bat,h /Pa(e #)
of the Report0.
&. 2004 B(,!0:
i. >anipulation of marks durin( tabulation. KPS&
admits that there ha.e been su,h mistakes. /Pa(e *1
of the Report0.
ii. O.er45ritin( and 5ron( totalin( of marks- 5ithout
any ,orrespondin( entries. /Pa(e *3 of the Report0.
iii. Re.aluation of ans5er s,ripts 5ithout any
pro.ision for the same. /Pa(e ** of the Report0.
i.. Ratio .iolation: The KPS& has follo5ed a 5ron(
pro,edure in preparin( the eli(ibility list of
,andidates for main 5ritten e6amination and
personality test. <t has 5ron(ly adopted the pro,ess
a,tually meant for preparin( sele,tion list- at the
preliminary and main e6amination sta(es- resultin(
in ,han(e of ,ate(ories of ,andidates at ea,h sta(e-
before :nal sele,tion. This has resulted in (ross
in;usti,e vis a vis e.erybody i.e. as bet5een sele,ted
and non4sele,ted ,andidates on the one hand and as
amon( the sele,ted ,andidates themsel.es on the
other hand. /Pa(es )- )) of the Report0
.. Parti,ular ,ate(ory ,andidates bene:tted due to
irre(ularities. /Pa(e ) & )# of the Report0.
.i. <rre(ularities durin( personality test: a5ardin( of
unusually hi(h marks by the &hairman /Pa(e )3 of
the Report0J ,andidates ,onsidered under => for not
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produ,in( reser.ation ,erti:,ates /Pa(es )! to )1 of
the Report0J manipulation of ,ate(ories of ,andidates
/Pa(e )1- )3- #- ## of the Report0J all members of
the inter.ie5 panel not a5ardin( marks- aIe,tin( the
takin( of a.era(e /Pa(e )9- )! of the Report0J
tamperin( of inter.ie5 marks /Pa(e )*- )) of the
Report0.
.ii. A,,eptan,e of reser.ation ,erti:,ates and rural
,erti:,ates after the due date /Pa(e #!- #1 of the
Report0J a,,eptin( ,erti:,ates 5hi,h are not in the
proper format /Pa(e #8 of the Report0.
'. One of the (ra.est form of .iolation is that of makin(
,andidates eli(ible more than the ratio pres,ribed. The
ratio pres,ribed for bein( eli(ible to 5rite the main
5ritten e6am is #:" i.e. if there is one post then "
,andidates in the order of merit /in their respe,ti.e
,ate(ories0 should be made eli(ible to 5rite the e6am.
$o5e.er- the KPS& has e6,eeded this #:" ratio and
has o.er shot the number in many thousands in #))*
bat,h /!9* e6,ess ,andidates0- #))) bat,h K )8#
e6,ess ,andidates and "! bat,h "#! e6,ess
,andidates /Pa(e ## & ### of the Report0. &andidates
5ho 5ere ineli(ible as per the Rules 5ere put into the
stream of ,ompetition and thus the stream of
,ompetition 5as polluted by ineli(ible ,andidates. This
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.iolation has resulted in .itiation of the entire pro,ess
of sele,tion in all the three bat,hes.
10. There are other irre(ularities like arbitrariness
/Pa(e #)4##9 of Report0Jsele,tion outside the
ad.ertisement /Pa(e #)4##9 of Report0.
11. <n all the three bat,hes lar(e s,ale irre(ularities
ha.e taken pla,eJ there ha.e been .iolation of the
order of this $on%ble &ourt- .iolation of the Rules-
.iolation of the reser.ation poli,y- resultin( in (ra.e
in;usti,e- not ;ust to the ,andidates 5ho 5ere not
sele,ted- but also inter4se amon( the sele,ted
,andidates and ultimately the State has suIered.
&orre,ti.e steps are re@uired to be taken. The lists ha.e
been .itiated to the ,ore and minor t5eekin( 5ould not
render ;usti,e.
12. As held by the $on%ble Supreme &ourt in Lpendra
+a6i & Others /<<0 K.4 State of LP & Others- /#)*10 !
S&& #1- Publi, <nterest Diti(ations /P<Ds0 are
,ollaborati.e and ,o4operati.e in approa,h and not
ad.ersarial. As held by the $on%ble Supreme &ourt in
the ,ase of 2irmal Sin(h Kahlon K.4 State of Pun;ab &
Others- A<R ") S& )*!- appropriate dire,tions may be
issued in P<Ds- in,ludin( that of orderin( for
in.esti(ation by Authorities in re,ruitment s,ams-
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,onstitutin( ,ommittees for the same- et,- this $on%ble
&ourt has in fa,t ordered for in.esti(ation by the &<B at
the :rst instan,e and has ,onstituted the Ga,t Gindin(
&ommittee /,onsistin( of the &ounsel representin( the
Petitioners- KPS&- =o.ernment and the Sele,ted
,andidates0 for the aforesaid purposes. The out4,ome of
the said e6er,ises are before this $on%ble &ourt.
1#. The follo5in( le(al propositions arise for
,onsideration in the fa,ts and ,ir,umstan,es of this
,ase:
a. 2on4,omplian,e of the order of the &ourt 5ould
render the de,ision null and .oid and the same
,an be ,orre,ted on,e it is brou(ht to the noti,e
of the &ourtJ
b. <neli(ible ,andidates enterin( the stream of
,ompetition 5ould .itiate the sele,tion and
render it .oidJ
,. The reser.ation poli,y should not be used so as
to bene:t / fa.our parti,ular ,ate(ory in
detriment to othersJ
d. <f the proper ,annot be separated from the
improper- then the 5hole pro,ess should ensue
properlyJ
e. Any arbitrary a,tion of the State and its
instrumentalities .itiates the pro,eedin(s and
the same is in .iolation of Arti,les #! and #1 of
the &onstitution of <ndiaJ
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f. Dar(er interests of the State and its sub;e,ts-
,onstitutional morality- probity- fairness- o.er4
ride indi.idual interestsJ
14. The Petitioners rely on the follo5in( ,ase la5s:
i. Ramana Bayaram Shetty K.4 <ntl. Airport Authority of
<ndia
/#)3)0 9 S&& !*)
ii. KPS& K.4 +.>. 7i;aya Shankar
/#))"0 " S&& "3
iii. Ram &handra Tripathi K.4 LP Publi, Ser.i,e Tribunal &
Ors
/#))!0 8 S&& #*
i.. Satpal & Others K.4 State of $aryana & Others
#))8 Supp /#0 S&& "1 /9 Cud(e +en,h0
.. &ommon &ause Re(d. So,iety K.4 Lnion of <ndia
/#))10 1 S&& 89
.i. &ommon &ause Re(d. So,iety K.4 Lnion of <ndia
/#))10 1 S&& 8)9
.ii. Post =rad <nst. of >edi,al Hdn K.4 Ga,ulty Assn.
/#))*0 ! S&& #
.iii. <n Re Ram Ashray Mada.- &hairman- +ihar Publi,
Ser.i,e &ommission /"0 ! S&& 9)
i6. Lnion of <ndia & Others K.4 O. &hakradhar
/""0 " S&& #!1
6. Kendriya 7idyalaya San(hatan K.4 A;ay Kumar Bas &
Ors
/""0 ! S&& 89
6i. Ram Preeti Mada. K.4 LP +oard of $i(h S,hool &
Others
/"90 * S&& 9##
6ii. R. 7ish5anatha Pillai K.4 State of Kerala & Others
/"!0 " S&& #8
6iii. KPS& K.4 2.T. >adhusudan & Anr.
$& of Karnataka /B+0- '.P. 2o. "!9"#/"8- dtd.
*.1."1
6i.. 2atl. GertiliAers & Others K.4 Som.ir Sin(h
/"10 8 S&& !)9
6.. 7i.idh >arbles K.4 &TO
/"30 9 S&& 8*
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6.i. Lnion of <ndia K.4 Ramesh Ram & Others
/")0 1 S&& 1#)
6.ii. Lnion of <ndia K.4 Ramesh Ram & Others
/"#0 3 S&& "9!
6.iii. Poonam Rani K.4 State of $aryana
/"#"0 1 S&& 8)1
6i6. <ndra Sa5hney K.4 Lnion of <ndia
#))" Supp /90 S&& "#3
1/. The $on%ble &ourt may be pleased to ,onsider the
issuan,e of dire,tions in the follo5in( manner:
a. Appropriate dire,tions may be issued to the KPS& to
do the e6er,ise of moderation and s,alin( as per the
order of this $on%ble ,ourt in '.P. 2os. #"8!*4
#"8*)/""- prepare a fresh list of eli(ible
,andidates for Personality Test /by properly and
;udi,iously follo5in( the ratio and reser.ation poli,y0
and ,ondu,t Personality Test to all the eli(ible
,andidates /in,ludin( those 5ho are already in
ser.i,e- other5ise there 5ould not be fair and e@ual
,ompetition as standards of e.aluation 5ould
,han(e0 and to prepare the sele,tion list- 5ith re(ard
to the #))* bat,hJ
b. Appropriate dire,tions may be issued to the KPS& to
redo the sele,tion pro,ess in the #))) and "!
bat,hes- by follo5in( the Rules and the ratio and
reser.ation poli,y properly and ;udi,iously- and to
,all for inter.ie5 all the eli(ible ,andidates- ,ondu,t
the inter.ie5 and prepare the sele,tion listJ
,. Appropriate dire,tions may be issued to the
=o.ernment to take ne,essary a,tion in
implementin( the :nal sele,tion lists so prepared and
submitted by the KPS&.
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