The Supreme Court has held that appointing a candidate in disregard of the mandatory eligibility criteria specified in an employment advertisement amounts to a “fraud on public,” affirming that authorities cannot bypass stipulated qualifications unless an explicit power to relax them is reserved. A Division Bench comprising Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Sheel Nagu dismissed
Appointment Made in Disregard of Essential Qualification in Advertisement Amounts to ‘Fraud on Public’: Supreme Court
