https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458601 The SC allowed the appeal and set aside the HC's direction requiring the bank to provide appointment to the respondent as Agricultural Field Officer. The respondent applied for the post requiring B.Sc. (Agro-Forestry) qualification but possessed only B.Sc. (Forestry). Although the Ministry later issued a corrigendum including B.Sc. (Forestry) as equivalent qualification, this change was made after the selection process had concluded. The SC held that courts cannot provide retrospective equivalence to qualifications not originally prescribed in the recruitment notification, as this would prejudice other eligible candidates who were prevented from applying initially. en-us Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:56:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458601 The SC allowed the appeal and set aside the HC's direction requiring the bank to provide appointment to the respondent as Agricultural Field Officer. The respondent applied for the post requiring B.Sc. (Agro-Forestry) qualification but possessed only B.Sc. (Forestry). Although the Ministry later issued a corrigendum including B.Sc. (Forestry) as equivalent qualification, this change was made after the selection process had concluded. The SC held that courts cannot provide retrospective equivalence to qualifications not originally prescribed in the recruitment notification, as this would prejudice other eligible candidates who were prevented from applying initially. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 08 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=458601