The petitioners, doctors who had applied for posts of Assistant Professor in Government Medical Colleges in Haryana, challenged an announcement dated 13.12.2022 by the Haryana Public Service Commission (HPSC) that introduced minimum qualifying marks (50% for General category and 45% for reserved categories) for the interview stage, after the selection process had already commenced. The original advertisement dated 31.05.2022 prescribed a two-tiered selection scheme of 75 marks for pre-merit criteria and 25 marks for interview, with no minimum qualifying marks for the interview. The petitioners argued that the HPSC had impermissibly changed the 'rules of the game' mid-process, relying on Supreme Court precedents including K. Manjushree vs. State of Andhra Pradesh (2008) 3 SCC 512 and Sivanandan C.T. vs. High Court of Kerala 2023 INSC 709. The HPSC contended that fixing minimum qualifying marks was akin to prescribing a cut-off, which is permissible, and that the total marks for interview remained unchanged at 25. The judgment text provided is incomplete and does not record a final holding or disposal order.