https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193731 Candidates whose examination results were declared after the application deadline but before the interview were treated as eligible for selection because they had acquired the prescribed qualification by the stage that mattered for comparative assessment. The delay in declaration, being no fault of the candidates, should not exclude them from consideration where the selection process remained broad-based and merit-driven. Once selected on equal footing and found higher on interview merit, they could not be placed junior merely because they were not qualified on the application date. The recruiting authority's selection and seniority determination were upheld, and a technical objection to the application date was rejected. en-us Fri, 18 Dec 1992 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 17 Aug 2017 17:04:23 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193731 Candidates whose examination results were declared after the application deadline but before the interview were treated as eligible for selection because they had acquired the prescribed qualification by the stage that mattered for comparative assessment. The delay in declaration, being no fault of the candidates, should not exclude them from consideration where the selection process remained broad-based and merit-driven. Once selected on equal footing and found higher on interview merit, they could not be placed junior merely because they were not qualified on the application date. The recruiting authority's selection and seniority determination were upheld, and a technical objection to the application date was rejected. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 18 Dec 1992 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=193731