Supreme Court of India

The State of Jammu and Kashmir & Ors. v. Shaheena Masarat & Anr.

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Reported as [2021] 9 S.C.R. 7
Bench L. Nageswara Rao and Sanjiv Khanna JJ.
Decided 29 September 2021

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, th e Division Bench directed the continuance of Respondent No. 2.

Judgment, page 7

From the headnote

Service Law – Appointment – Respondent no.2 selected for appointment as Re-T (teaching guides) under Rehbar-e-Taleem (Re- T) scheme of appellant-State – Challenged by respon dent no.1 – Writ petition dismissed by Single Judge – Appeal, allowed by Division Bench – Held: 35 years was the upper age limit for appointme nt as Re-T – Respondent no.2 who had crossed 35 years on t he cut-off date was not eligible for appointment – Division Benc h correctly directed the appointment of the respondent no.1 as Re-T – Ho wever, advertisement in question relates to appointment to a pos t of Re-T to which

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