https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295211 Residence-based bonus marks for public employment as primary school teachers were held unconstitutional because residence in a district or rural area, by itself, could not justify a preference in State service without constitutional or parliamentary authorisation. The policy also lacked a demonstrated rational nexus with the stated aims of improving primary education, rural uplift, local dialect accommodation, and teacher retention, and it was vague in fixing criteria for rural residence. The invalidity was applied prospectively to protect appointments already made under the earlier view, with relief confined to the petitioners and later appointments or pending selections after the cut-off date. en-us Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0530 Mon, 24 May 2021 17:20:34 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295211 Residence-based bonus marks for public employment as primary school teachers were held unconstitutional because residence in a district or rural area, by itself, could not justify a preference in State service without constitutional or parliamentary authorisation. The policy also lacked a demonstrated rational nexus with the stated aims of improving primary education, rural uplift, local dialect accommodation, and teacher retention, and it was vague in fixing criteria for rural residence. The invalidity was applied prospectively to protect appointments already made under the earlier view, with relief confined to the petitioners and later appointments or pending selections after the cut-off date. Case-Laws Indian Laws Tue, 30 Jul 2002 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=295211