https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197491 A cut-off date for age eligibility in a competitive examination will be upheld unless it is shown to be arbitrary, capricious, whimsical, or otherwise beyond a reasonable basis; the fact that a preliminary screening test was introduced before that date did not make the 1st August reference date invalid because the main examination remained the ining stage. Executive instructions also cannot override governing statutory regulations and examination rules, so the office memorandum could not prevail over the applicable framework. The tribunal's contrary view was unsustainable, the impugned order was set aside, and the benefit granted to the candidate was cancelled. en-us Wed, 04 May 1994 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 18:18:00 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197491 A cut-off date for age eligibility in a competitive examination will be upheld unless it is shown to be arbitrary, capricious, whimsical, or otherwise beyond a reasonable basis; the fact that a preliminary screening test was introduced before that date did not make the 1st August reference date invalid because the main examination remained the ining stage. Executive instructions also cannot override governing statutory regulations and examination rules, so the office memorandum could not prevail over the applicable framework. The tribunal's contrary view was unsustainable, the impugned order was set aside, and the benefit granted to the candidate was cancelled. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 04 May 1994 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=197491