‘Rules of the Game Can’t Be Changed Midway’: Supreme Court on BPSC Recruitment

The Supreme Court set aside a mid-process change in recruitment criteria for BPSC Assistant Engineers, reiterating that rules cannot be altered after the selection process has begun.

The State had retrospectively amended rules to add weightage for contractual experience after the written exam and provisional merit list.

Overturning the Patna High Court ruling, the Court held such changes to be impermissible and directed recruitment to be finalized strictly under the unamended 2019 Rules, based solely on written exam marks.

[Abhay Kumar Patel & Ors. v. State of Bihar & Ors]