Supreme Court of India

Union of India and Ors. v. Probir Ghosh and Ors.

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Reported as [2022] 8 S.C.R. 931
Bench Hemant Gupta and V . Ramasubramanian JJ.
Decided 17 February 2022

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What the Court ordered

In view of the above, these appeals are also liable to be allowed.

Judgment, page 17

From the headnote

Service Law: Staff Selection Commission – Eligibility under Notification – Rule of Construction – In the instan t case, the respondents were applicants for different posts such as constables in Central Armed Police Forces, rifleman in Assam R ifles, etc. – They were kept out of merit list on the ground that they had fa iled to fulfill the eligibility requirement as notified in t he Notification – Failure as alleged by the appellant authority was th at one of the respondent had applied for the vacancies, the reser vation with respect to which was circumscribed to a particular bor der district

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