Case Law Analysis
|Himachal Pradesh High Court
Right to Consideration ≠ Right to Appointment | Merit Alone Does Not Entitle Candidate to Public Post: HP HC
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has ruled that top scorers in a written exam have no automatic right to appointment, even if they clear interviews; selection committees retain discretion to reject candidates absent mala fides or procedural illegality. This reinforces that public recruitment is a process, not a guaranteed outcome - impacting thousands of candidates in state-sector hiring across India.