2024 INSC 763 REPORTABLE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 7257 of 2023] SHASHI BHUSHAN ...APPELLANT(S) PRASAD SINGH VERSUS THE STATE OF BIHAR ...RESPONDENT(S) AND OTHERS WITH CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 8967 of 2023] CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 10359 of 2023] CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 18369 of 2023] CIVIL APPEAL NO. OF 2024 [Arising out of SLP (Civil) No. 22215 of 2023] SLP (Civil) No. 7257 of 2023 & Ors. Page 1 of 19J U D G M E N T SATISH CHANDRA SHARMA, J. 1. Leave Granted. 2. The present batch of appeals arise out of judgement dated 16.02.2023, passed by the High Court of Judicature at Patna in Civil Writ Jurisdiction Case No. 3411/2022 (‘CWJC’) along with other connected matters (the ‘Impugned Order’), whereby the Writ Petitioners who were the unsuccessful candidates in the Recruitment Process conducted pursuant