‘Eligibility criteria can’t be changed midway’: SC on recruitment process for government jobs | India News – Times of India
The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that appointment criteria for public sector jobs cannot be altered during the process unless specifically permitted.The ruling was delivered by a five-judge Constitution bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud, who specified that recruitment begins with advertisement publication and concludes when positions are filled."Eligibility criteria for being placed in the select list notified at the commencement of the recruitment process can't be changed midway through the recruitment process unless the extant rules so permit or the advertisement which is not contrary to the extant rules so permit," the bench observed while adding that transparency and non-discrimination must be the hallmarks of public recruitment.The SC constitutional bench, which included J...