https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459636 Preference for Chartered Accountants over Cost Accountants for appointment as Director (Finance) in CPSEs was upheld as a valid qualification-based classification. The Court applied the doctrine of reasonable classification and held that Article 14 permits distinctions founded on intelligible differentia with a rational nexus to the post's financial management functions, so the preference was not hostile discrimination. It also held that mandamus could not be granted beyond the pleadings, and declined to strike down the preference clause because the petitioner did not challenge the underlying meeting minutes or the expert committee's constitution. Judicial interference with a duly constituted expert body was found unwarranted absent mala fides, bias, arbitrariness, or illegality. en-us Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530 Thu, 19 Dec 2024 15:59:22 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459636 Preference for Chartered Accountants over Cost Accountants for appointment as Director (Finance) in CPSEs was upheld as a valid qualification-based classification. The Court applied the doctrine of reasonable classification and held that Article 14 permits distinctions founded on intelligible differentia with a rational nexus to the post's financial management functions, so the preference was not hostile discrimination. It also held that mandamus could not be granted beyond the pleadings, and declined to strike down the preference clause because the petitioner did not challenge the underlying meeting minutes or the expert committee's constitution. Judicial interference with a duly constituted expert body was found unwarranted absent mala fides, bias, arbitrariness, or illegality. Case-Laws Indian Laws Thu, 24 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=459636