Supreme Court of India

Puneet Sharma & Ors. Etc v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. & Anr. Etc.

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Reported as [2021] 4 S.C.R. 351
Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 7 April 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, these batches of appeals by the degree holders have to succeed.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Service Law: Appointment – Eligibility – Himachal Pra desh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC), acting on the requisiti on sent by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd ., (HPSEB) advertised 222 posts of Junior Engineer (Electrical ) – Degree- holders in the concerned discipline approached the Hig h Court in writ proceedings, claiming that since they possesse d educational qualifications that were higher than the prescribed m inimum (and advertised) qualifications, they could not be denied consideration – The diploma holders opposed this claim, and argue d that the qualifications

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