Supreme Court of India

Zahoor Ahmad Rather and Ors Etc v. Sheikh Imtiyaz Ahmad and Ors Etc

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Reported as [2018] 14 S.C.R. 1082

Bench U. U. Lalit and Dr. Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud JJ.

Decided 5 December 2018

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What the Court ordered

We are of the view that the appellants should be granted an age relaxation to the extent of four years should they apply for any other post that may be advertised by the State of Jammu and Kashmir in the next two years.

Judgment, page 18

From the headnote

Service Law: Selection – Advertisement for filling up posts of “T echnician III” – Qualification specified for the post was “Matric wi th ITI” – Appellants applied for the post – All of them posses sed Diploma and none of them possessed ITI certification – They were called for written test as well as interview – Thereafter Servic e Selection Board decided that only ITI in the relevant trade would be considered for the post – Appellants were not included in the Select List – Appellants filed writ petitions seeking consideration of their candidature for selection to the post and sought for

Authorities it was built on

2003 P.M. Latha and Anr. v. Stte of Kerala and Ors. cited by 8
2003 Yogesh Kumar and Ors. v. Government of Ntc Delhi and Ors. cited by 8

Where later benches applied it

2020 Chief Manager, Punjab National Bank & Anr.v. Anit Kumar Das v. Anit Kumar Das relied on
2020 Anand Yadav & Ors. v. State of Uttar Pradesh & Ors. relied on
2025 Sajid Khan v. L Rahmathullah & Ors. referred to
2023 Ankita Thakur & Ors. v. The H.P. Staff Selection Commission & Ors. referred to
2021 Devender Bhaskar & Ors. v. State of Haryana & Ors. referred to
2023 Jaiveer Singh and Others v. The State of Uttarakhand and Others mentioned
2019 Ajith K & Ors. v. Aneesh K.S. & Ors. mentioned
2021 Puneet Sharma & Ors. Etc v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. & Anr. Etc. distinguished

Of those, 2 relied on · 1 distinguished · 3 referred to · 2 mentioned

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