One issue in Bank of India v. Aarya K. Babu, (2019) 8 SCC 587 was, whether a particular educational qualification made eligible after issue of recruitment notification could have been considered for purposes of recruitment. Court held, if there is any change in qualification criteria after notification is issued but before completion of selection process, and employer/recruiting agency seeks to adopt change, it will be incumbent on employer to issue a corrigendum incorporating changes to notification and invite applications from those qualified as per changed criteria and consider same along with applications received in response to initial notification. We respectfully agree with above view.

There appears nothing on record to indicate, wide publicity of relaxation in specified qualifications and an opportunity afforded to similarly situated candidates to apply and compete. Same falls foul of constitutional mandate enshrined in Articles 14 and 16.

– Hon’ble Justice Manoj Misra, Ankita Thakur v. H.P. Staff Selection Comission, [Civil Appeal No. 7602 of 2023].