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Ineligible Candidates Can’t Claim Regular Posts Via Contractual Stints: HC
Kashmir Observer
|DECEMBER 4, 2025 ISSUE
The High Court of J&K and Ladakh has held that an ineligible candidate cannot claim relaxation of eligibility criteria solely on the basis of having served on a contractual basis for some time.
A Division Bench of Justice Sanjeev Kumar and Justice Sanjay Parihar also emphasized that contractual engagement does not create any vested right to claim waiver of essential qualifications or to bypass the regular selection process mandated under Article 14 of the Constitution of India.
This story is from the DECEMBER 4, 2025 ISSUE edition of Kashmir Observer.
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