HC restrains UP govt from declaring results of tests held for

The Allahabad High Court today restrained Uttar Pradesh government from declaring the results of tests held for recruitment of more than 30,000 police constables in the state.
Passing the order, a division bench, comprising Justice Tarun Agarwala and Justice V K Mishra, fixed July 22 as the next date of hearing on the petition of Ranvijay Singh and Vivekanand Yadav who have challenged a change in recruitment rules effected last year wherein written exams have been done away with and selections made on the basis of candidates' scores in Class 10 and 12 and performance in medical tests.
The petitioners have contended that advertisements for recruitment of 28,916 male and 5800 female constables were issued on December 2 followed by a corrigendum dated February 2, 2016 informing about the aforementioned change in rules.

The petitioners have further contended that the change in rules was made vide a notification dated December 12, 2015, and hence the state government, by introducing a change after the commencement of the recruitment process, had committed an illegal act.