https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188514 Section 13(4) of the U.P. Higher Education Services Commission Act, 1980 could not be used to appoint a candidate from an earlier select list against a vacancy arising in a succeeding academic year. The Court read the phrase "or otherwise" ejusdem generis with unforeseen vacancies linked to the advertised recruitment, such as death, resignation, non-joining or similar contingencies, and held that a broader construction would defeat the statutory scheme of open competition and merit-based selection. The objection to locus standi also failed because it was not raised earlier and the respondent's legitimate interest was not disproved. The appeal was accordingly without merit. en-us Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0530 Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:43:37 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188514 Section 13(4) of the U.P. Higher Education Services Commission Act, 1980 could not be used to appoint a candidate from an earlier select list against a vacancy arising in a succeeding academic year. The Court read the phrase "or otherwise" ejusdem generis with unforeseen vacancies linked to the advertised recruitment, such as death, resignation, non-joining or similar contingencies, and held that a broader construction would defeat the statutory scheme of open competition and merit-based selection. The objection to locus standi also failed because it was not raised earlier and the respondent's legitimate interest was not disproved. The appeal was accordingly without merit. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 09 Feb 1998 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=188514