Rajasthan High Court allows “Appearing” candidates for assistant prosecution officer exam

The Rajasthan High Court rejected the Rajasthan Public Service Commission’s appeal against a single bench order allowing candidates appearing for their law degree in 2024 to sit for the Assistant Prosecution Officer exam.

The division bench of Justices Dr. Pushpendra Singh Bhati and Bipin Gupta held that the advertisement, incorporating website instructions, explicitly permitted “appearing” candidates as eligible.

Citing the Supreme Court’s Tej Prakash Pathak ruling, the Court noted there was no midstream rule change, and supplementary instructions formed part of the original advertisement.

The Court found no error in the single judge’s decision and dismissed the appeals.