https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461716 In recruitment governed by statutory service rules, mandatory qualifying conditions cannot be relaxed by the examining or selecting authority unless the rules themselves confer that power or are validly amended by the competent rule-maker. A High Court could not add moderation marks to bring in candidates who had failed to secure the prescribed viva voce minimum, because that altered the competitive field and the qualifying standard fixed by the rules. The Selection Committee also could not impose an additional aggregate benchmark of 600 marks, since that created a new disqualification not found in the governing rules. The select list must be prepared strictly in accordance with the prescribed merit criteria. en-us Fri, 02 Aug 1985 00:00:00 +0530 Wed, 23 Apr 2025 14:17:50 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461716 In recruitment governed by statutory service rules, mandatory qualifying conditions cannot be relaxed by the examining or selecting authority unless the rules themselves confer that power or are validly amended by the competent rule-maker. A High Court could not add moderation marks to bring in candidates who had failed to secure the prescribed viva voce minimum, because that altered the competitive field and the qualifying standard fixed by the rules. The Selection Committee also could not impose an additional aggregate benchmark of 600 marks, since that created a new disqualification not found in the governing rules. The select list must be prepared strictly in accordance with the prescribed merit criteria. Case-Laws Indian Laws Fri, 02 Aug 1985 00:00:00 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/caselaws?id=461716