· In the case of Shankar K. Mandal and Ors. v. State of Bihar and Ors. reported in MANU/SC/0330/2003: [2003]3SCR796: AIR 2003 SC 4043 , the Hon'ble Apex Court also accepted the above settled principle that (i) The cut-off date by reference to which the eligibility requirement must be satisfied by the candidate seeking a public employment is the date appointed by the relevant service rules, (ii) if there is no cut-off date appointed by the rules then such date shall be as appointed for the purpose in the advertisement calling for applications. (iii) If there is no such date appointed then the eligibility criteria shall be applied by reference to the last date appointed by which the applications were to be received by the competent authority.
· U.P. Public Service Commission vs Alpana 1994 SCC (2) 723
The same view was reiterated in M.A. Murthy v. State of Karnataka (2003) 7 SCC 517 and Ashok Kumar Sonkar v. Union of India (2007) 4 SCC 54. Therefore, the Full Bench of the High Court rightly held that a candidate who does not possess driving licence on the last date fixed for submission of the application is not eligible to be considered for selection.
Alka Ojha v. Rajasthan State Public Service Commission, AIR2011SC3547
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