Telangana High Court quashes PIL on constable test

A panel of two judges comprising Chief Justice Ujjal Bhuyan and Justice CV Bhasker Reddy disposed of a PIL questioning qualifying marks set for the examination for Transport and Prohibition and Excise Constables.

The panel was dealing with a PIL filed by Mancharla Vishnu Vardhan a practising advocate. The petitioner questioned the action of the Police Department in fixing 30% as the qualifying marks for all categories in the preliminary written test with negative marks and reducing 20 marks for OCs from 80 to 60, 10 marks for BCs from 70 to 60 and 0 marks for SC/ST



for the post of Transport and Prohibition and Excise Constables.

The petitioner contended that this created unequal level for different social categories. He sought a direction to implement relaxation in qualifying marks as 30 % for OCs, 25% for BCs and 20 % for SC/ST/Ex-Servicemen. The panel observed that the petitioner was not an effected person and did not have any person interested in the matter. The panel while leaving it open for affected persons to approach the court, dismissed the present petition.