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2025 DAILYLAW 132986 (PNJ)
BHUPENDER SINGH v. STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION AND ANR.
CWP/5386/2018 · 2025-10-30
Sandeep Moudgil
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in accordance with law. An order which is passed for unauthorized purpose would attract the principles of malice in law. 39. It is also a well4settled principle of law that an authority discharging a public function must act fairly.
It, for the aforementioned purpose, cannot take into consideration an irrelevant or extraneous matter which is not germane for the purpose for which the power is sought to be exercised."
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