https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192700 A statutory qualification for Readership under Ordinance 9 requiring a first class or high second class master's degree was held mandatory, because the ordinance treated it as the minimum academic standard and allowed relaxation only where expressly provided. "High second class" was construed to mean marks in the upper half of the second class range, near the first class bracket, not the lower end. The selection process was not invalid merely because interviews were used, but granting one candidate a second opportunity while denying a similarly placed candidate the same chance was discriminatory under Article 14. Appointments of unqualified candidates were invalid, while the appointments of qualified candidates were upheld. en-us Wed, 30 Apr 1980 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:47:10 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192700 A statutory qualification for Readership under Ordinance 9 requiring a first class or high second class master's degree was held mandatory, because the ordinance treated it as the minimum academic standard and allowed relaxation only where expressly provided. "High second class" was construed to mean marks in the upper half of the second class range, near the first class bracket, not the lower end. The selection process was not invalid merely because interviews were used, but granting one candidate a second opportunity while denying a similarly placed candidate the same chance was discriminatory under Article 14. Appointments of unqualified candidates were invalid, while the appointments of qualified candidates were upheld. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 30 Apr 1980 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=192700