14/12/2023
*Sweety Kumari vs. The state of Bihar*
The candidates could not produce original documents at the time of interview though true photo copies were on record. Their candidature were rejected by BPSC. The Supreme Court relying upon its judgement in Charles K. Skaria (1980) and Aarav Jain(2022) held that if a person possesses eligibility before the date of actual selection, he can not be denied benefit because its proof is produced later. Means, the production of the original was not a mandatory condition.
It was made clear that *similarly situated candidates would not be entitled to claim the same benefit further, because they had not come before this Court within a reasonable time.*