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Tuesday, December 20, 2022

Details needed for job advertisement by Government

The Supreme Court in Renu v. District & Sessions Judge, Tis Hazari, (2014) 14 SCC 50, emphasized the need to specify in the advertisement, number of posts, qualifications and eligibility criteria, schedule of recruitment process, Rules under which selection is to be made or the procedure in the absence of Rules, in the interest of transparency and to avoid arbitrariness and change of criteria of selection. Thus, the appointment letter in so far as it is contrary to or at variance with advertisement will have to give way to the stipulations in the advertisement and the latter part of Clause 2(a) in the appointment letter to the extent it provides for extension of probation period and the requirement of confirmation in writing, shall not bind the Petitioner

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