Ragiv Kumar v. Bihar Public Service Commission Through Its Chairman And ORS
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA
Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No.18130 of 2018 ====================================================== Ragiv Kumar son of Late Jai Kishore Narayan (RTD Judge), resident of Mohalla- Murlichak, Jagdeo Path, P.S.- Hawaiadda, District- Patna ... Petitioner
Versus
1. Bihar Public Service Commission through its Chairman, 15, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Patna.
2. The Secretary, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Patna.
3. The Joint Secretary cum Controller of Examination, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Patna.
4. Officer on Special Duty, Bihar Public Service Commission, 15, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, Patna ... Respondents ====================================================== Appearance :
For the Petitioner :
Mr. Ram Hriday Prasad, Adv.
For the Respondents :
Mr. Sanjay Pandey, Adv. for the BPSC ====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN and HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. NILU AGRAWAL ORAL ORDER (Per: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE JYOTI SARAN) 11-09-2018 Heard Mr. Ram Hriday Prasad, for the petitioner, and Mr. Sanjay Pandey, for the Bihar Public Service Commission. The petitioner seeks enhancement of the maximum age limit for appearing in the 30th Bihar Judicial Service Competitive Examination to be held pursuant to the Advertisement No. 6/2018.
Contesting the claim, Mr. Pandey, appearing for the Bihar Public Service Commission, informs that the age limit has been fixed as per the statutory rules governing such appointment viz the Bihar Civil Service (Judicial Branch) (Recruitment) Rules, 1955, and, thus, there cannot be any variation in
Patna High Court CWJC No.18130 of 2018(2) dt.11-09-2018 2/2 enhancement or reduction of the age limit fixed. Having heard the learned counsel for the parties, we are satisfied that the prayer made by the petitioner for enhancement of age cannot be accepted because the age limit is fixed under rules governing such appointment. No cause of indulgence is made out on the prayer made in the writ petition, which is accordingly dismissed. (Jyoti Saran, J) ( Nilu Agrawal, J) Shamshad/- U