The Rules and Regulations provided to all the civil servants are same, yet there is difference in the performance. Positive minded officers are able to interpret the Rules and Regulations in favour of the case and achieve success, whereas negative minded officers are unable to achieve goals by interpreting the same Rules and Regulations against the case. Discuss with illustrations.
What the examiner wants
Discuss with illustrations how positive or negative attitude in interpreting the same rules leads to different outcomes for citizens.
Demand-wise check
- 1Positive-minded officers: use discretion within rules to solve problems, purposive interpretation≈30 words
- 2Negative-minded officers: use rules as excuses, defensive bureaucracy, fear of audit and vigilance≈30 words
- 3Illustrations: land records, welfare eligibility, pandemic responses≈30 words
- 4Safeguards: discretion must stay lawful and transparent≈30 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Where marks usually go
- No illustrations
- Implying that rules can be bent; positive interpretation must stay legal
Draw this
- Same rule → two officers → two outcomes
Value addition
- ConceptPurposive interpretation: reading a rule in light of its objective rather than literally.Administrative law principle
- IllustrationBhilwara (Rajasthan) district administration's quick containment of COVID-19 in 2020 used existing powers creatively.Rajasthan government reports
Mapped topper copies
Reviewed public-source references related to this PYQ. Same-syllabus references are labelled separately.
- Abhishek Singh · Page 8 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Ritika Chitlangia · Page 10 ↗Reviewed PYQ reference
- Vidushi Singh · AIR 13 · Page 5 ↗Same syllabus reference
- G Sanjana · AIR 55 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
Links open original public sources. MainsBuddy does not host these answer sheets.
Next: plan for one minute, write it in 7 minutes, then get it checked.