Compilation Vol 3 Corrected (1-943).pmd - Goa Public Service ...

(i) In the case of SC/STs minimum 21 years and maximum 26 years and
(ii) In the case of others the minimum aged is 21 years and maximum age is 24 years.
6. However, since a large number of candidates had applied for the post of SIE., against the
1999 Notification (Annexure-A1) and the selection process was abandoned in the middle, to safeguard
the interest of the applicants against the 1999 Notification, with regard to age, in the 2002 Rules, the
following proviso has been made:
“Provided further that the above age limit shall not be made applicable to 100 posts of
Sub-Inspectors advertised in Notification No.PSC 1 RTB 98 dated 11.3.1999”.
7. Based on the amended Rules, the State Government has authorized the third respondent-
KPSC for recruitment of 254 posts of SIEs., in accordance with the amended-Rules and accordingly,
the Third-Respondent has issued a Notification bearing No.E(2) 31/PSC/2002-03 dated 31.7.2002
which is at Annexure-A2 which is impugned by the applicants only on the question of the reduced
upper age limit prescribed for eligibility to participate in the selections.
8. The grievance of the applicants is that in the 1999 Notification, higher age limits were prescribed.
Whereas, in the impugned Notification the upper age limit prescribed for the candidates to apply has
been reduced making the applicants ineligible to apply for the said posts since they have crossed the
upper age limit prescribed in the impugned Employment Notification dated 31.7.2002. They claim
that the upper age limit prescribed as per the Karnataka Civil Services (General Recruitment) Rules,
1977, should have been prescribed for the post of SIEs., and they have also questioned the age
relaxation given to the candidates who had applied against 1999 impugned notification which was
abandoned in the middle of the selection process.
Karnataka PSC
9. The learned counsel appearing for the applicants argued that the Government should have
prescribed the upper age limits for the post of SIEs., as provided under the General Recruitment
Rules, 1977. The reduced upper age limit prescribed as per the impugned Notification of 2002 is
arbitrary, illegal and it violates Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India. He further contended
that the applicants have all crossed the upper age limit prescribed even though they are educationally
qualified and hence, they have become ineligible to apply for the post. As per the 1998 impugned
Notification higher age limit was prescribed and further in the 2002 Notification, age relaxation also
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