Satish Kumar And Ors vs Raj Scheduled Castes Andors on 30 January, 2020
"25. The equality clause enshrined in Article 16
mandates that every appointment to public posts
or office should be made by open advertisement
so as to enable all eligible persons to compete for
selection on merit-Umesh Kumar Nagpal v. State
of Haryana [(1994) 4 SCC 138], UPSC v. Girish
Jayanti Lal Vaghela [(2006) 2 SCC 482], State of
Manipur v. Y. Token Singh [(2007) 5 SCC 65] and
Municipal Corpn., Hyderabad v. P. Mary
Manoranjani [(2008) 2 SCC 758]. Although, the
Courts have carved out some exceptions to this
rule, for example, compassionate appointment of
the dependent of deceased employees, for the
purpose of this case it is not necessary to
elaborate that aspect.