Supreme Court · 2021 INSC 233 · Decided 7 April 2021
Puneet Sharma & ORS. Etc v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board LTD. & ANR. ETC.
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2021 INSC 233 · [2021] 4 S.C.R. 351
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 1318/2021
- Decided
- 7 April 2021
- Bench
- UDAY UMESH LALIT, S. RAVINDRA BHAT (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Appeal(s) allowed
- Case type
- Civil
Headnote
Service Law: Appointment - Eligibility - Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC), acting on the requisition sent by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd., (HPSEB) advertised 222 posts of Junior Engineer holders in the concerned discipline approached the High Court in writ proceedings, claiming that since they possessed educational qualifications that were higher than the prescribed minimum (and advertised) qualifications, they could not be denied consideration - The diploma holders opposed
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