Supreme Court of India
Ashok Kumar Sharma and Ors. v. Chander Shekhar and Anr.
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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
Where later benches applied it
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- 2013 Rakesh Kumar Sharma v. Govt. of Nct of Delhi & Ors.
- 2011 Iqbal Singh Narang & Ors. v. Veeran Narang
- 2007 Rajasthan Public Service Commission v. Kaila Kumar Paliwal and Anr.
- 2007 Ashok Kumar Sonkar v. Union of India and Ors.
- 2006 Pitta Naveen Kumar and Ors. v. Raja Narasaiah Zangiti and Ors.
- 2003 Pramod K. Pankaj v. State of Bihar and Ors.
- 2003 M.A. Murthy v. State of Karnataka and Ors.
- 2003 Shankar K. Mandal and Ors. v. State of Bihar and Ors.
- 2001 Jasbir Rani and Ors. v. State Ofpunjab and Anr.
Of those, 3 relied on · 1 followed · 2 referred to · 9 mentioned
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