High Court of Gujarat
MAHESH BHARATBHAI GADHVIversusSTATE OF GUJARAT
- Decided
- Disposal
- DISPOSED AS INFRUCTUOUS
- Bench
- NIRZAR S DESAI
Holding
The petitions are infructuous and are disposed of as such.
Summary
A large group of special civil applications were filed by various candidates challenging the Gujarat Public Service Commission’s recruitment process. The Court ordered the Commission to produce the examination results in a sealed cover, which revealed that many petitioners either failed, did not appear, or were not permitted to appear in the main examination. The petitioners sought an order directing the Commission to provide their mark‑sheets, but the Court noted that the recruitment process was still pending and that the petitions had become infructuous. Consequently, the Court declined to issue any interim order and indicated that any grievance regarding marks must be pursued through the appropriate legal remedies. All the petitions were therefore disposed of as infructuous, with notice discharged and no order as to costs.
Issues considered
- Whether petitions seeking direction to provide mark‑sheets are maintainable when the petitioners have not cleared or appeared for the main examination
- Whether the Court can intervene in an ongoing recruitment process of the Gujarat Public Service Commission
Subjects
- Recruitment
- Public Service Commission
- Examination
- Infructuous petitions
- Judicial review
- Mark‑sheet
Judgment
C/SCA/9286/2024 ORDER DATED: 19/01/2026
IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9286 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9287 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9293 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9302 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9304 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9305 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9306 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9307 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9308 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9310 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9311 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9312 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9315 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9316 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9317 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9318 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9319 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9320 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9321 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9322 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9323 of 2024
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C/SCA/9286/2024 ORDER DATED: 19/01/2026
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9324 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9325 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9326 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9327 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9328 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9329 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9330 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9349 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9640 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10675 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10684 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10686 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10687 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10692 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10697 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10715 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10718 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10719 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10844 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10875 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10893 of 2024
With
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C/SCA/9286/2024 ORDER DATED: 19/01/2026
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10901 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10916 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 10918 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11059 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11147 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 11155 of 2024
With
R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 14737 of 2024
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VISHVRAJSINH SHAILENDRASINH ZALA
Versus
STATE OF GUJARAT & ANR.
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Appearance:
MS MEGHA JANI SENIOR ADVOCATE WITH MR MIT S
THAKKAR(11223) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1
MR ADITYA DAVDA WITH MR AAKASH GUPTA WITH MR RAJ
TANNA WITH MR MITUL GAUTAM WITH MS NALANDA ACHARYA
WITH MS FORAM TRIVEDI WITH MS DEVANSHI PATEL WITH MR
HENIL SHAL WITH MS KINJAL VYAS ASSISTANT GOVERNMENT
PLEADERS for the Respondent(s) No. 1 IN RESPECTIVE
PETITIONS
MS VIDHI J BHATT(6155) for the Respondent(s) No. 2
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CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRZAR S. DESAI
Date : 19/01/2026
COMMON ORAL ORDER
1. Heard learned Senior Advocate Ms. Megha Jani,
appearing with learned Advocate Mr. Meet Thakkar for
the petitioners in all these petitions; learned
Advocate Ms. Vidhi Bhatt for the Gujarat Public
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Service Commission; and learned Assistant Government
Pleader Mr. Aditya Davda for the respondent–State.
2. Today, pursuant to the order dated 08.01.2026
passed in Civil Application No. 1 of 2026 in Special
Civil Application No. 9286 of 2024 and allied
matters, the result of all the petitioners in whose
petitions the direction was issued to the Gujarat
Public Service Commission to produce the result in a
sealed cover has been brought before this Court in
tabular form, and upon perusal of the said result
after opening the sealed cover, the Court finds that
the persons who could not clear the examination,
those who did not appear in the examination, as well
as the petitioners in whose matters such directions
were not issued, are not in a position to proceed
further in the recruitment process on account of the
factual aspects stated hereunder.
3. It is an undisputed fact that, among all the
petitioners who have preferred this group of
petitions, some petitioners could not clear the main
examination, some petitioners chose not to appear in
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the main examination despite the fact that in certain
matters the Court had permitted them to appear, while
in other matters such permission was not granted.
4. Be that as it may, today learned Advocate Ms.
Vidhi Bhatt appearing for the Gujarat Public Service
Commission drew the attention of the Court to the
fact that these petitioners have either chosen not to
appear in the main examination, or could not appear
in the main examination, or could not clear the main
examination, and therefore these petitions have
become infructuous; learned Senior Advocate Ms. Megha
Jani, appearing with learned Advocate Mr. Thakkar,
could not dispute the aforesaid factual aspect and
therefore submitted that, in view of this factual
background, an appropriate order be passed.
5. At this juncture, learned Senior Advocate Ms.
Megha Jani states that the respondents may be
directed to provide mark-sheet to the present
petitioners who are unsuccessful.
6. Considering the fact that at this juncture,
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since the recruitment process is not yet complete, I
do not propose to pass any such order at this stage;
if the petitioners have any grievance regarding their
marks, they may avail appropriate remedy in
accordance with law.
7. One copy of the result produced in tabular form
before this Court is kept separately in each of the
petitions along with this group, a photocopy of the
said result is also kept separately in each of the
petitions, and the second copy is returned to learned
Advocate Ms. Vidhi Bhatt appearing for the Gujarat
Public Service Commission.
8. Considering the above submission, as the present
petitioners, for various reasons stated in the
foregoing paragraph, could not clear the main
examination, all these petitions have become
infructuous and are accordingly disposed of as having
become in fructuous. Notice is discharged. No order
as to costs.
(NIRZAR S. DESAI,J)
Pallavi
Original copy of this order has been signed by the Hon'ble Judge.
Digitally signed by: PALLAVIBEN PRABHUDAS PANCHAL(HC01403), PRIVATE SECRETARY, at High Court of Gujarat on 20/01/2026 17:58:11
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