https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458603 The SC held that eligibility criteria must be fulfilled by the application deadline unless the advertisement reserves power to relax qualifications later. Post-deadline relaxation of essential eligibility qualifications without wide publicity and extended application period violates Articles 14 and 16. The court rejected treating unrecognized institution qualifications as equivalent to prescribed ones and confirmed that possession of specified diploma from recognized institution remains essential. Employers cannot be forced to fill all advertised vacancies under old rules and may withdraw advertisements to issue fresh ones under amended rules. The HC's directions to re-cast merit lists and fill remaining posts using relaxed criteria were set aside. en-us Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:56:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458603 The SC held that eligibility criteria must be fulfilled by the application deadline unless the advertisement reserves power to relax qualifications later. Post-deadline relaxation of essential eligibility qualifications without wide publicity and extended application period violates Articles 14 and 16. The court rejected treating unrecognized institution qualifications as equivalent to prescribed ones and confirmed that possession of specified diploma from recognized institution remains essential. Employers cannot be forced to fill all advertised vacancies under old rules and may withdraw advertisements to issue fresh ones under amended rules. The HC's directions to re-cast merit lists and fill remaining posts using relaxed criteria were set aside. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458603