https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290731 A substituted recruitment rule expressly stated to operate from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, so it applied prospectively and did not affect a selection process already set in motion under the earlier rules. Once the recruitment notification had been issued and the last date for applications had expired, later changes in eligibility criteria did not ordinarily govern that process absent clear retrospective intent. The court therefore held that the 2009 amendment to the upper age limit could not be applied to the pending recruitment, and the applicant could not claim its benefit. en-us Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0530 Tue, 13 Oct 2020 14:15:13 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290731 A substituted recruitment rule expressly stated to operate from the date of publication in the Official Gazette, so it applied prospectively and did not affect a selection process already set in motion under the earlier rules. Once the recruitment notification had been issued and the last date for applications had expired, later changes in eligibility criteria did not ordinarily govern that process absent clear retrospective intent. The court therefore held that the 2009 amendment to the upper age limit could not be applied to the pending recruitment, and the applicant could not claim its benefit. Case-Laws Indian Laws Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=290731