Neelmani Jaiswal vs Union Public Service Commission on 29 March, 2022
It
is also submitted that this short-listing criteria clearly
prescribes that number can be restricted by any or more of
the following methods including, "on the basis of higher
qualifications than the minimum prescribed in the
advertisement". It is also submitted that all the successful
candidates who are also private respondents possess requisite
qualification and, in fact, possess higher educational
qualifications. It is also pointed out that the applicant himself
has qualification which is higher than the qualification
prescribed and, therefore, on equal footing as other
candidates. Private respondents have also relied upon the
following judgments, including the judgment passed by the
Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case of Ashok Kumar and
Another (supra):-