Supreme Court of India
ABHAY KUMAR PATEL & ORS. versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.
2026 INSC 24
Issue for consideration
Whether the Bihar Engineering Service Class-II Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2022 can be made applicable to the 2019 Advertisements after the written examination has been conducted and the provisional merit list has been published.
Available source description
Civil Appeal No. 54 of 2026 is allowed. SLP(C) No. 8231 of 2025 is disposed of
Headnote excerpt
Service Law Bihar Engineering Services Class - II Recruitment Rules, 2019 – The dispute in the present case is with respect to the retrospective application of an amendment to the Bihar Engineering Services Class – II Recruitment Rules, 2019, specifically the introduction of r.8(5), whereby
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