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The same view is expressed by the Apex Court in Abdul Hamid (supra) in relation to a recruitment process initiated in the railways in the following:

"11. Reliance has been placed by the learned counsel appearing for the Railways trained apprentices on the judgment of this Court passed in UP SRTC v. U.P. Parivahan Bigam Shikshukhs Berozgar Sangh. In para 12 of the judgment, it has been held that all other things being equal, the trained apprentices should be given preference upon direct apprentices. This judgment does not help the appellants at all. What has been held is that if the non-Railway trained apprentice is equal to the Railways trained apprentice on merit, then preference can be given to the Railways trained apprentice. The word "preference" does not mean that the Railways trained apprentice will have an exclusive right to the exclusion of all others to be considered for appointment. Both the Tribunal and the High Court were justified in deciding this issue against the Railways and in favour of the original applicants."