Relaxation Eligibility qualifications

2. • Service Law Relaxation Eligibility qualifications State had power to relax the eligibility criteria, the same could not have been done mid-stream without giving wide publicity of such change, and opportunity to similarly situated candidates to apply and compete with others - Eligibility criteria / conditions, unless provided otherwise in the extant rules or the advertisement, must be fulfilled by the candidate by the last date for receipt of applications specified in the advertisement - If the extant Rules provide for the power to relax the eligibility criteria, the same could be exercised only if such power is reserved in the advertisement - And when this power is exercised, there must be wide publicity of its exercise so that persons who are likely to benefit by exercise of such power may get opportunity to apply and compete

ANKITA vs THE H.P. STAFF SELECTION
COMMISSION  CA 7602/23 09/11/23 [ MANOJ JJ ] [ SUPREME COURT ]