हरियाणा राज्य बनाम पियारा सिंह
| Citation | (1992) 4 SCC 118 |
| Court | Supreme Court of India (Constitution Bench) |
| Date | 28 July 1992 |
| Year | 1992 |
| Bench | M.N. Venkatachaliah, K. Jayachandra Reddy, S.R. Pandian, P.B. Sawant, S. Mohan JJ. |
| Acts/Articles | Article 14, Article 16, Article 309 |
| Category | Constitutional Law, Haryana-Specific, Service & Employment Law |
Key Principle Established
Government cannot relax age/qualification conditions for individual candidates. Relaxation must be general and not person-specific, otherwise it violates Article 14.
The State of Haryana relaxed the upper age limit for certain individual candidates seeking recruitment to government posts. Other candidates challenged this individual-specific relaxation as arbitrary and discriminatory.
The Constitution Bench held:
A Haryana-origin landmark that governs all recruitment across India. It prevents nepotism in government recruitment through individual-specific relaxation of eligibility criteria. Frequently cited in HPSC recruitment challenges.
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