SLP(C) No. 000914 - / 2023

When a High Court directs a competent authority to redo a selection exercise in accordance with prescribed guidelines, such direction does not per se prejudice candidates entitled under the General Merit List, as their rights remain protected independent of the Sports Quota exercise. As analysed on casestatus.in, a candidate's apprehension of losing a seat is misconceived where the impugned order merely restores procedural regularity without extinguishing substantive entitlements already accrued under merit.