Tej Prakash Pathak & Ors vs Rajasthan High Court & Ors on 20 March, 2013
In determining the essential principle that once the recruitment
process begins, the State or its instrumentality cannot alter the 'rules of the
game' regarding eligibility criteria, the Constitution Bench of the Hon'ble
Supreme Court, in the case of Tej Prakash Pathak vs. Rajasthan High
Court (Civil Appeal No. 2634 of 2013), delivered its judgment on
07.11.2024, taking into account all the case laws cited by the respondents'
counsel. It is pertinent to extract the relevant portions of the judgment here
to address the issue at hand in the current TA: