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rejected her application. That too, according to the petitioner, by the date she submitted her application,
she had already passed the Oriya Language Test. It is further submitted that on receipt of the Oriya
Language Test Certificate on 20.1.2004, she submitted the same before the Commission on the next
day, i.e., 21.1.2004, and appeared at the Viva Voce test on 23.6.2004.
3. The opposite parties in their counter affidavit have taken a stand that on scrutiny of the
petitioner’s application, as it was found that the petitioner had not submitted any evidence/document
regarding passing of the Oriya Language Test equivalent to M.E. School standard along with her
application as stipulated in paragraphs 7(ii), 9(vii) and 10(vii)(g) of the Advertisement, Annexure-1,
read with Rule 101(1)(C) of the Orissa Judicial Service Rules, 1994, the Commission had rejected
her application.
4. This being the factual matrix, the question that falls for determination is whether the application
submitted by the petitioner before the Commission for recruitment to the Orissa Judicial Service,
Class-II, was valid on the last date fixed for submission of applications.
In order to appreciate the point at issue, we may quote the relevant parts of the Advertisement
(Annexure-1):
Orissa PSC
“ORISSA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
Advertisement No.10 of 2003-2004
The last date for receipt of application is 15th January, 2004.
WARNING: Applications received incomplete in any respect are liable to be summarily
rejected. No correspondence on that score will be entertained.
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7. OTHER ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS
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v) Only those candidates who fulfill the requisite qualification and experience by the
closing date of receipt of applications will be considered eligible.
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9. CERTIFICATES TO BE ATTACHED:
Candidates are required to submit along with their applications, true copies of the
following documents duly attested by Gazetted Officer or Notary Public. They
must not attach with their applications the original certificates. Only those who will
be called to the interview must bring with them the original certificates in support of
the attested copies for verification at the time of interview.
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