https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173101 A valid retrospective amendment to service rules governed a recruitment process that had not reached finality, so the enhanced women's reservation applied to the pending selection rather than the rule in force when the advertisement was issued. The State was competent to amend the rules retrospectively under Article 309, and no accrued right was taken away because candidates retained eligibility and the right to be considered. The challenge to the second screening test also failed because the same schedule applied to all candidates, there was no discriminatory treatment, and participation without protest precluded objection to the preparation time. The recruitment was therefore to proceed under the amended rules. en-us Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 07 Jan 2017 15:39:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173101 A valid retrospective amendment to service rules governed a recruitment process that had not reached finality, so the enhanced women's reservation applied to the pending selection rather than the rule in force when the advertisement was issued. The State was competent to amend the rules retrospectively under Article 309, and no accrued right was taken away because candidates retained eligibility and the right to be considered. The challenge to the second screening test also failed because the same schedule applied to all candidates, there was no discriminatory treatment, and participation without protest precluded objection to the preparation time. The recruitment was therefore to proceed under the amended rules. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 12 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=173101