The Supreme Court has upheld the decision taken by the Central government to scrap the Limited Competitive Examination (LCE) recruitment for making appointments to the Indian Police Service (IPS), observing that the same has been taken in the 'larger public interest'.
In 2012, the UPSC had invited applications for filling up posts in the IPS through LCE and written tests and interviews were conducted but till date, the results of the same have not been yet declared.
The amendment of the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Amended Rules, 2011 introducing LCE in addition to the normal modes of recruitment, was challenged in a multitude of petitions filed in different high courts. The Delhi and Gauhati high courts upheld the validity of the amended rules. On the plea of the Union of India, the Supreme Court transferred all the petitions pending before different high courts to itself.
"We have no doubt that the decision to scrap the LCE recruitment has been taken in the larger public interest, the bench said. The Supreme Court has upheld the decision taken by the Central government to scrap the Limited Competitive Examination (LCE)," said a bench of three judges comprising Justice Madan Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Deepak Gupta.
"When we examine the decision taken by the Central Government in a holistic manner, we have no doubt that the decision to scrap the LCE recruitment has been taken in the larger public interest. The decision is definitely not mala fide. It is not actuated by extraneous reasons. It cannot be said that the decision is arbitrary", the bench said while disposing of all the transferred cases as infructuous.
In January this year, the Central Government stated before the Court that it had taken a decision to scrap the LCE held in the year 2012, which was objected to by candidates who had appeared in the LCE. The three-judge bench comprising Justice Madan Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Deepak Gupta then proceeded to decide whether the decision to scrap the LCE recruitment was justified.
SC upholds Govt stand on IPS (LCE)
By IndianMandarins - 2018-04-18 09:42:30
The Supreme Court has upheld the decision taken by the Central government to scrap the Limited Competitive Examination (LCE) recruitment for making appointments to the Indian Police Service (IPS), observing that the same has been taken in the 'larger public interest'.
In 2012, the UPSC had invited applications for filling up posts in the IPS through LCE and written tests and interviews were conducted but till date, the results of the same have not been yet declared.
The amendment of the Indian Police Service (Recruitment) Amended Rules, 2011 introducing LCE in addition to the normal modes of recruitment, was challenged in a multitude of petitions filed in different high courts. The Delhi and Gauhati high courts upheld the validity of the amended rules. On the plea of the Union of India, the Supreme Court transferred all the petitions pending before different high courts to itself.
"We have no doubt that the decision to scrap the LCE recruitment has been taken in the larger public interest, the bench said. The Supreme Court has upheld the decision taken by the Central government to scrap the Limited Competitive Examination (LCE)," said a bench of three judges comprising Justice Madan Lokur, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Deepak Gupta.
"When we examine the decision taken by the Central Government in a holistic manner, we have no doubt that the decision to scrap the LCE recruitment has been taken in the larger public interest. The decision is definitely not mala fide. It is not actuated by extraneous reasons. It cannot be said that the decision is arbitrary", the bench said while disposing of all the transferred cases as infructuous.
In January this year, the Central Government stated before the Court that it had taken a decision to scrap the LCE held in the year 2012, which was objected to by candidates who had appeared in the LCE. The three-judge bench comprising Justice Madan Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Deepak Gupta then proceeded to decide whether the decision to scrap the LCE recruitment was justified.
