Supreme Court of India

Ankita Thakur & Ors. v. The H.P. Staff Selection Commission & Ors.

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Reported as [2023] 16 S.C.R. 813
Bench Hrishikesh Roy and Manoj Misra JJ.
Decided 9 November 2023

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that even if such appointments were made taking aid of the relaxation order dated 21.08.2017, it would not be in the interest of justice to disturb those appointments made under the fi rst advertisement (Post Code 447).

Judgment, page 45

From the headnote

Issue for consideration: (i) Whether relaxation in the essential eligibility qualifi cations could be made post the last date fi xed for receipt of applications; (ii) Essential eligibility qualifi c ations specifi ed in the Himachal Pradesh, Department of Personnel, Junior O ffice Assistant (Information Technology), Class-III, (Non-Gazetted), Ministerial Services, Common Recruitment and Promotion Rules, 2014, if ambiguous to warrant clarifi cation/relaxation; (iii) If there was a statutory regime in place to accord recognition to an Institution, if yes, whether the clarifi catory letter/ relaxation

Where later benches applied it

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