The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that a candidate can’t be awarded zero marks in an interview, if he has qualified for a post on other parameters laid down in an advertisement.
The court was dealing with a petition by Jasbir Singh filed in the year 2017 seeking quashing of result for the post of an assistant at Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, Bhiwani and further demanding that he be considered for the same post .
The court found the selection process prescribed by the university was neither exclusively nor predominantly interview-based. Further, it came to light that in the interview he was not awarded any marks. He secured 35 out of 80 marks and was the most meritorious candidate. Thereafter, the candidates were called for interview, in which he was awarded no marks out of 20 marks and was declared ‘not found suitable.
The court was told that according to the advertisement, selection was to be made on the basis of performance under four components: computer typing, general aptitude test, academic qualifications and work experience.
