Aishwarya Rathore-
Published on: September 4, 2021, at 12:32 IST
The Punjab and Haryana High Court ruled that a candidate can not seek relaxation in the upper age limit as a matter of right simply because the Chief Minister tweeted in this regard.
The ruling by a Division Bench of Justices Rajan Gupta and Karamjit Singh came in a case where the Appellant was seeking upper age relaxation to apply for the Post of Sub-inspector based on the Punjab Chief Minister’s tweet.
The Court stated, “The appellant can not claim a relaxation in the upper age limit as a matter of right just because the Chief Minister of Punjab tweeted that the maximum age for recruitment to the posts of sub-inspector will be increased from 28 to 32 in the coming days.”
The Court further stated, “The maximum age limit can be increased above 28 years only by amending the rules in accordance with the law.”
The Bench noted that the age limit specified in a July 6 advertisement was based on Rule 12.6 of the Punjab Police Rules, which set the maximum age limit at 28.
Admittedly, the Petitioner had not invoked the High Court’s Writ jurisdiction to challenge the said rules.
The Delhi High Court ruled that the requested exemption could not be granted without amending the rules. Such an amendment could be made collectively by the Council of Ministers and not solely by the Chief Minister.
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