State PSC issued notification inviting applications for prosecuting officers . The recruitment notification contained a provision for negative marking.
The question paper had nothing mentioned in the instructions regarding negative marking. A psc official visited few exam centres and informed the aspirants that there is no negative marking. Naturally students there attempted all the questions.
However, many students who were under the impression that there is negative marking as mentioned in the notification did not attempt all the MCQ
So my query is :
Is there any judgement of sc on this issue ?
Can verbal communication by psc official act as estoppel against psc ?
If there is difference between recruitment notification provision and instructions provided in question paper , what will prevail ?
Thanks in advance
PSC has already notified qua negative marking then there is no question of further clarification on the spot and/or question paper.
Oral declaration of invigilator has no estoppel
Notified instructions shall prevail
