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8. It is not in dispute that the petitioner is an unemployed registered Pharmacist. Therefore, she satisfies the first criterion No.4(i) of the guideline dated 28.1.2004. Merely because, she is a student of 3rd year 5th Semester of B. Pharma, that will not alter her status of unemployed registered Pharmacist. Had she been selected for opening of 24 hours Day and Night Medicine Shop in question, an option would have been left with her to leave the study if the same would have not been completed. Therefore, on the above ground her candidature cannot be rejected as alleged by opposite party No.5. However, in fact her candidature has been rejected on the following two grounds; (i) she has not furnished the Income Certificate from the Tahasildar of the Tahasil to which she belongs in her name along with the application as required against column No.4 of the Application Form which is in conformity with the guideline; (ii) she has not furnished Solvency Certificate in her name along with the application as required against Column No.6 of the Application Form which is also in conformity with the guideline. The question now arises as to whether the opp. Parties-authorities are justified to stipulate such condition in the guideline on the basis of which the application form has been prepared. If we look to the criterion under clause no. 4(i) of guideline dated 28.1.2004, it would show that the allottee should be an unemployed registered Pharmacist. Such being the requirement, the further requirement of furnishing Income Certificate as well as the Solvency Certificate in the name of such unemployed registered Pharmacist is totally impracticable and unrealistic. Opp.party-Government authority cannot stipulate any condition asking a candidate to do certain thing which is not possible. As per clause 6 of the guideline dated 28.1.2004, the Superintendent/Chief District Medical Officer are required to assess the applicant's capability to run the medicine shop. Therefore, in the guideline some stipulation should be made requiring the applicant to produce consent certificate from relatives, bankers, financier willing to finance the applicant, if she is selected for opening of 24 hours Day and Night Medicine Shop. Otherwise also the applicants, belonging to the lower strata of the society, who by dint of their own efforts, have acquired Pharmacy qualification and are eligible to be selected pursuant to the advertisement for opening of 24 hours Day and Night Medicine Shop shall be deprived of their right on the ground that they do not have any ostensible source of income or any solvency of their own. In a democratic socialistic country, where equal treatment is the basic structure of the Constitution, the people belonging to lower strata of the society should not be discriminated on the ground of their weak financial status.