Orissa High Court Quashes OSSC’s Six-Year Ban on 58 Candidates from Appearing in Hiring Exams

The Orissa High Court set aside the Odisha Staff Selection Commission’s order debarring 58 candidates from appearing in any OSSC recruitment examinations for six years, holding the punishment to be unjust and disproportionate.

The candidates had been penalised in connection with an alleged question paper leak during the junior engineer (civil) recruitment process.

The Court noted that no charge-sheets had been filed against the individuals in the related criminal case and observed that the OSSC did not demonstrate sufficient evidence or due process in imposing the ban.

The judgment allows the aspirants to appear in future OSSC exams unless they are formally charged.