https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184521 The amended recruitment rules validly changed the qualification for the post and operated prospectively. Candidates who had already taken the examination acquired no vested right to appointment merely because the selection process had begun and the written test was completed; at most, they had a legitimate expectation to be considered under the then-existing rules. Once the rules were amended before final selection, the State was entitled to withdraw the earlier notification and initiate recruitment afresh under the amended rules. The cited precedent was inapplicable because it concerned additional qualifications introduced after recruitment had already commenced, unlike the present case where the governing rules themselves were changed. en-us Mon, 08 Aug 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:47:36 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184521 The amended recruitment rules validly changed the qualification for the post and operated prospectively. Candidates who had already taken the examination acquired no vested right to appointment merely because the selection process had begun and the written test was completed; at most, they had a legitimate expectation to be considered under the then-existing rules. Once the rules were amended before final selection, the State was entitled to withdraw the earlier notification and initiate recruitment afresh under the amended rules. The cited precedent was inapplicable because it concerned additional qualifications introduced after recruitment had already commenced, unlike the present case where the governing rules themselves were changed. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 08 Aug 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=184521