Supreme Court of India

Ashok Kumar Sharma and Ors. v. Chander Shekhar and Anr.

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Reported as [1997] 2 S.C.R. 896
Bench B.P. Jeevan Reddy, S.B. Majmudar and S. Saghir Ahmad JJ.
Decided 10 March 1997

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What the Court ordered

For the above reasons, these review Petitions are dismissed subject to the clarification on the legal issue, viz., Issue No. 1 mentioned in our order dated September 1, 1995.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Service Law: Recruitment-Eligibility-Relevant date for-Determination of-Adver- tisement invited applications prescribing minimum qualification to be pos­ sessed on the last date of submission of application-Certain candidates who did not possess the minimum qualification on the last date of submission of application were allowed to appear for the interview-However, these can- didates acquire the minimum qualification before the interview-Held : Al- . 11. lowing such candidates to appear for the interview was 1 impennissible--Contrary--Majority opinion in Ashok Kumar Shanna's case was a clear

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