ABHAY KUMAR PATEL & ORS. versus STATE OF BIHAR & ORS.

Case summary from SCR

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. Headnotes† 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