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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW BENCH
ALOK MATHUR
Ravi Kumar Shukla – Appellant
Versus
State of U.P. – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Alok Mathur, J.
Heard Sri Ripu Daman Shahi alongwith Ms. Chhaya Tripathi and Sri Pradeep Kumar Mishra for the petitioners, learned Additional Chief Standing counsel on behalf of State-respondent Nos. 1 and 2 and Sri Shireesh Kumar and Sri Utkarsh Kumar for respondent Nos. 3 and 4.
2. Sri Shireesh Kumar has moved an application for impleadment stating that the applicants are necessary party considering the fact that they have also participated in the selection for the post of Head Operator/Head Operator (Mechanical) in U.P. Police Radio Cadre and are diploma holders and has sought to be impleaded as a respondent.
3. The application for impleadment is not opposed by the learned Counsel for petitioners and on consideration of the application for impleadment, we find that the applicants are necessary parties and accordingly, the application for impleadment is allowed.
4. Learned counsel for the petitioners is directed to implead them as respondents.
5. Since common questions of facts and law are involved in both the writ petitions, as such, they are being heard and decided by this common judgment and order. All the parties have been heard at length including Sri Shireesh Kumar, co
Eligibility criteria for recruitment cannot be altered mid-process, as it undermines fairness and transparency, violating established legal principles.
The authority to determine eligibility qualifications for public posts lies solely with the State Government, and recruitment processes must adhere strictly to established service rules.
Candidates cannot challenge recruitment criteria after participating in the selection process, as estoppel applies. Eligibility is determined by the employer based on stated qualifications within the....
Eligibility criteria for recruitment must be consistent and cannot be altered after the process has commenced, as affirmed by the Supreme Court.
The eligibility of any candidate is to be reckoned from the date of the selection and appointments made in contravention of the statutory provisions are void ab initio.
Important Point – Appointment – Introducing new requirements into selection process after entire selection process was completed amounted to changing rules of game after game was played which is not ....
Candidates participating in a selection process cannot challenge the process or regulations post-selection, establishing a principle of acquiescence in recruitment law.
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