Overview
- The single-judge bench set aside the final selection of 1,032 Group-II posts issued on October 24, 2019.
- The court directed re-evaluation strictly as per the 2017 Technical Committee recommendations and the prior division bench judgment, with appointment orders due within eight weeks.
- Justice Nagesh Bheemapaka held that answer sheets with scratching, erasing or whiteners in Part-B must be excluded outright.
- The bench found TGPSC’s decision to extend re-evaluation to all four papers, despite issues arising only in Paper-I, to be arbitrary and beyond its authority.
- The commission’s reliance on automated scanners was rejected, and it was ordered to adopt stronger transparency measures including physical verification, videography and preservation of records.