JUDGMENT

Special leave granted.

2. Heard counsel on both sides. The eligibility for appointment was that the candidate should possess M.Ch. qualification. The last date for forwarding the applications was 20th April, 1990 on which date, admittedly, the respondent No. 1 did not possess the said qualification since he claims to have qualified on 22nd May, 1990. Even so, respondent No. 1 was called for interview and he was asked to produce the certificate showing that he had acquired the qualification in question. He failed to-do so even at the interview stage and hence the Selection Board did not select him and informed him about the same. The Selection Board completed the selection and granted appointments accordingly. The respondennt No. 1 filed a writ petition in the High Court and the High Court by the impugned order directed that the Selection Board may undertake a reappraisal of the claim of respondent No. 1 along with respondents Nos. 2 to 5 and prepare a fresh list of eligible candidates in accordance with merit for the post in question. In doing so, the appellant complained that the High Court had departed from the earlier decision of another Division Bench on the question of