Ex-Servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979

The case concerned a matriculate ex‑serviceman with over 15 years of defence service who applied for a Group‑C Data Entry Operator post where the essential qualification was graduation with mathematics or statistics. Under a 1986 DOPT notification and Rule 6 of the Ex‑Servicemen (Re‑employment) Rules, such ex‑serviceme…

The Punjab Public Service Commission advertised vacancies for the Punjab Civil Service with a reservation for "ex‑servicemen". The appellant, a former Indian Army captain, was appointed under this reservation, while respondent No. 4, a former officer of the Indian Military Nursing Service (IMNS), was denied appointment…

The Supreme Court examined two appeals concerning the recruitment of Inspectors of Central Excise and Income‑Tax. The advertisement required a university degree by 1 August 1992, but allowed ex‑servicemen who were not graduates to be deemed graduates upon completing 15 years of service in the Armed Forces. The question…