Case Law Analysis
|Supreme Court of India
Select List Finality Under Karnataka Recruitment Rules | No Automatic Substitution for Unfilled Vacancies Absent Statutory Reserve List: SC
The Supreme Court ruled that recruitment rules lacking a statutory provision for reserve lists bar claims to unfilled posts, even if a selected candidate fails to join. The selection list operates strictly within notified vacancies, and no implied right to substitution exists without explicit legal backing. This decision reinforces the finality of select lists in public service recruitments, impacting ex-servicemen and other reserved category candidates.