Summary
On the peculiar wording and historical background of the typist recruitment notification, the Court accepted a computer-word-processing certificate produced before the written examination by a candidate with an approved equivalent typewriting qualification. It applied the relaxation for the pre-2002 qualification cohort and directed appointment according to her rank.
Issues
- Whether the notification’s certificate-production relaxation permitted this candidate’s certificate submitted before the written examination.
Held
- The Commission had accepted the National Trade Certificate as equivalent to the prescribed typewriting qualification. The separate word-processing certificate requirement had to be read with Note 1’s production relaxation for candidates whose earlier curriculum did not include it. (¶ 2–4)
- The word “produce” and the pre-2002 curricular background were decisive on these peculiar facts. The appellant submitted the certificate before the written examination and obtained rank 7; the High Court had missed that distinction. The decision did not announce a general relaxation of recruitment cut-off qualifications. (¶ 4–5)
Result
Appeals allowed without costs; High Court judgment set aside. Appointment according to rank directed within three months of receipt; in the event of delay, deemed actual service from 1 November 2017.