https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174976 Eligibility for public employment must be assessed on the date fixed by the recruitment rules or advertisement; where no cut-off date is specified, the last date for receipt of applications governs. A candidate who acquires the qualification after that date remains ineligible, and participation in the selection cannot be validated by later compliance. The statutory power to annul a University proceeding extends to a selection made contrary to the Act, Statutes, Ordinances, and constitutional norms, and a personal hearing is unnecessary where it would be a futile formality. Equity, sympathy, or the University's earlier position cannot cure an appointment that is illegal and non est in law. en-us Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 06 Oct 2016 10:55:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174976 Eligibility for public employment must be assessed on the date fixed by the recruitment rules or advertisement; where no cut-off date is specified, the last date for receipt of applications governs. A candidate who acquires the qualification after that date remains ineligible, and participation in the selection cannot be validated by later compliance. The statutory power to annul a University proceeding extends to a selection made contrary to the Act, Statutes, Ordinances, and constitutional norms, and a personal hearing is unnecessary where it would be a futile formality. Equity, sympathy, or the University's earlier position cannot cure an appointment that is illegal and non est in law. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=174976