Supreme Court Allows Appeal in Recruitment Rules Case, Reversing High Court Order on Vacancy Filling. The Court held that under the Karnataka Recruitment of Gazetted Probationers (Appointment by Competitive Examinations) Rules, 1997, a vacancy arising from a selected candidate's non-joining must be treated as fresh and filled through subsequent recruitment, as the rules do not provide for an additional list or right to appointment for the next candidate....
The appeal arose from a judgment of the High Court of Karnataka, which had allowed a writ petition filed by the respondent, an ex-serviceman, and set aside orders of the Karnataka State Administrative...
