Appointment of Anil Yadav as UPPSC chief illegal: HC

The Allahabad High Court has quashed the appointment of Anil Kumar Yadav as Chairman of UP Public Service Commission, holding it as “illegal”. While setting aside the appointment of Yadav as the UPPSC Chairman, a division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice Yashwant Verma held that the same was “arbitrary”, “illegal”, “ultra vires of Article 316 of the Constitution” and effected “without application of mind, ignoring suitability and availability of other candidates”. Yadav, who took over in <g data-gr-id="8">April,</g> 2013, was selected from among 83 candidates who had submitted their bio-data before the state government for the post. The order was passed while disposing of petitions filed by advocate Satish Kumar Singh and several others earlier this year.