Ajmer Singh v. Haryana Staff Selection Commission and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Estoppel/acquiescence in recruitment eligibility — Punjab & Haryana High Court, CWP-28761-2024 (O&M), decided 21.05.2025, Coram: Sanjeev Prakash Sharma & Meenakshi I. Mehta, JJ. Challenge to Store Keeper qualification prescription, Appendix B to Rule 7, Industrial Training Department Haryana Field Offices (Group C) Service Rules 2013; selection under Advertisement No.12/2019; result 31.01.2023; ineligibility order 24.01.2024; relies on D.Sarojakumari 2017 INSC 900 and State of U.P. v. Karunesh Kumar 2022 SCC Online SC 1706; writ petition dismissed, pending applications disposed.
What did the court decide?
A candidate who participates in a selection process knowing that he does not meet the prescribed eligibility cannot, after being declared ineligible, turn around to challenge the rules/impugned order or claim appointment under that advertisement.