https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=343657 Recruitment rules for promotion to Inspector (Central Excise) prescribed a mandatory minimum height requirement, and failure to satisfy that eligibility condition defeated the claim for promotion. Relaxation of such rules was not a matter of right; it could be claimed only where the competent authority had extended the same discretionary benefit to similarly placed employees. No individual relaxation had been granted, and the height relaxation relied on was confined to specified Tribes and communities to which the petitioner did not belong. The comparison with differently-abled candidates was rejected because they constitute a separate class under disability legislation, so no discrimination was established. en-us Mon, 15 May 2017 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 30 May 2017 06:06:33 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=343657 Recruitment rules for promotion to Inspector (Central Excise) prescribed a mandatory minimum height requirement, and failure to satisfy that eligibility condition defeated the claim for promotion. Relaxation of such rules was not a matter of right; it could be claimed only where the competent authority had extended the same discretionary benefit to similarly placed employees. No individual relaxation had been granted, and the height relaxation relied on was confined to specified Tribes and communities to which the petitioner did not belong. The comparison with differently-abled candidates was rejected because they constitute a separate class under disability legislation, so no discrimination was established. Case-Laws Indian Laws Mon, 15 May 2017 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=343657