Supreme Court of India

Puneet Sharma & Ors. Etc v. Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd. & Anr. Etc.

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Bench Uday Umesh Lalit and S. Ravindra Bhat JJ.
Decided 7 April 2021

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What the Court ordered

For the foregoing reasons, these batches of appeals by the degree holders have to succeed.

Judgment, page 24

From the headnote

Service Law: Appointment – Eligibility – Himachal Pradesh Staff Selection Commission (HPSSC), acting on the requisition sent by the Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board Ltd., (HPSEB) advertised 222 posts of Junior Engineer (Electrical) – Degree- holders in the concerned discipline approached the High Court in writ proceedings, claiming that since they possessed educational qualifications that were higher than the prescribed minimum (and advertised) qualifications, they could not be denied consideration – The diploma holders opposed this claim, and argued that the qualifications possessed…

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