1. The issue in controversy in this writ petition cannot be said to
be res integra. It involves the question of whether a candidate, who
does not possess the prescribed qualifications for recruitment to a
post, can be treated as eligible because she, or he, possesses a “higher”
qualification.
2. As this is the limited issue which arises for consideration, no
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detailed allusion to facts is necessary, and a brief recital would suffice.
3. The Delhi Subordinate Services Selection Board1 issued
Advertisement Notice No. 04/17 dated 20 December 2017, inviting
applications for appointment to the post of Domestic Science Teacher
(TGT). The respondents applied against Post Code 92/17. They
succeeded in the selection and offers of appointment were issued to
them. Subsequently, however, these offers were revoked on 12 March
2020 on the ground that the respondents did not possess the prescribed
qualifications as per the applicable Recruitment Rules2. The essential
and desirable educational qualifications prescribed for the post of
Domestic Science Teacher under Post Code 92/17 read thus:
